As the year draws to a close, employers are assessing the next wave of labor and employment laws and regulations they will face in 2020 and beyond. Most new laws taking effect at the end of 2019 and throughout 2020 are at the...more
11/14/2019
/ Ban the Box ,
California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EEO-1 ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Form I-9 ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Health Insurance ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Reform ,
Independent Contractors ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Regulations ,
Local Ordinance ,
Marijuana ,
Minimum Wage ,
New Legislation ,
NLRB ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Pay Gap ,
Popular ,
Raids ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Smoking Bans ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
Labor Day became an official federal holiday in 1894. Although the world of employment has obviously changed significantly over the last 125 years, the pace of workplace transformation seems to have accelerated in the past...more
9/3/2019
/ #MeToo ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Ban the Box ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Health Insurance ,
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Independent Contractors ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Regulations ,
Labor Shortage ,
LGBTQ ,
Marijuana ,
Misclassification ,
OFCCP ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Rate of Pay ,
Right to Work ,
Salary/Wage History ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Silica ,
Transgender ,
Unemployment ,
USCIS ,
Visas ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Safety
Almost two years into the new presidential administration, and with highly consequential and hotly debated mid-term elections around the corner, Littler’s Workforce Policy Institute’s Labor Day Report examines the state of...more
9/4/2018
/ ADEA ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Age Discrimination ,
Association Health Plans ,
Ban the Box ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
DACA ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Drug Testing ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Foreign Workers ,
Gig Economy ,
H-1B ,
Health Insurance ,
Immigrants ,
Independent Contractors ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRB ,
NLRB General Counsel ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Persuader Rules ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sharing Economy ,
Unemployment ,
Wage and Hour
The Department of Labor has issue a proposed rule providing direction for sole proprietors and businesses to set up Association Health Plans (AHPs). This rulemaking stems from President Trump’s October 12, 2017 Executive...more
1/5/2018
/ Association Health Plans ,
Comment Period ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Executive Orders ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Proposed Rules ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Trump Administration
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta fielded a range of questions on the DOL's priorities during a November 15 hearing before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. Although members of the Committee inquired about...more
11/16/2017
/ Apprenticeships ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Fiduciary Rule ,
Health Insurance ,
Investment Management ,
OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
Request For Information ,
Secretary of Labor ,
Silica ,
Toxic Exposure ,
Trump Administration ,
White-Collar Exemptions ,
Workplace Safety
Nine months into President Trump’s term, the pace of nominations and appointments to fill critical position within his administration is accelerating. Action on the nominations to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB),...more
10/24/2017
/ Administrative Appointments ,
Administrative Interpretation ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Association Health Plans ,
Cost-Sharing ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare Reform ,
HRA ,
Joint Employers ,
Legislative Agendas ,
NLRB ,
Nominations ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Sharing Economy ,
Subsidies ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour
After failing to achieve a legislative solution to "repeal and replace" the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), President Trump issued an executive order (EO) on October 12, 2017, designed to promote “healthcare...more
Last month began with significant momentum but long odds that Senate Republicans would pass legislation repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In the early hours of July 28, GOP efforts came to a screeching...more
8/11/2017
/ Administrative Appointments ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Best Interest Contract Exemptions ,
Confirmation Proceedings ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Deregulation ,
Employee Benefits ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Fiduciary Rule ,
Financial Services Industry ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Investment Management ,
Joint Employers ,
Legislative Agendas ,
NLRB ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Repeal ,
Trump Administration
Five months into President Trump's term, his administration's workplace policy is beginning to take shape. From notable developments at the Department of Labor (DOL), to long-awaited nominations to the National Labor...more
7/11/2017
/ Administrative Appointments ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Beryllium Exposure ,
Best Interest Contract Exemptions ,
Comment Period ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Mandates ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Fiduciary Rule ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Individual Mandate ,
Investment Adviser ,
LMRDA ,
NLRB ,
Occupational Exposure ,
OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
Persuader Rules ,
Popular ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Repeal ,
Trump Administration ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions ,
Workplace Safety
On June 22, 2017, Senate Republicans released a draft of their legislation to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). After the House narrowly passed its version of ACA overhaul legislation, the American Health...more
Senator Mark Warner (D-VA), a lawmaker known for closely monitoring the changing nature of work, has introduced in the Senate legislation to promote innovative ways to offer portable benefits to workers in the on-demand...more
5/26/2017
/ Disability Benefits ,
Employee Definition ,
GAO ,
Gig Economy ,
Health Insurance ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
Pensions ,
Portable Benefits ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workers Compensation Reform
On April 29, 2017, the first 100 days of the Trump administration came to an end. A government shutdown was averted after the White House and Congress reached a spending deal, and the U.S. Supreme Court seat left vacant by...more
5/4/2017
/ Administrative Appointments ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Buy America ,
Compensatory Time Off ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Deregulation ,
Domestic Hiring Policy ,
Executive Orders ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Over-Time ,
Secretary of Labor ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
Republicans hoped to mark the seventh anniversary of the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) enactment by passing legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to dismantle it. Instead, facing the failure of a bill on the House...more
4/10/2017
/ Administrative Appointments ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Cadillac Tax ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Mandates ,
Federal Vacancies Reform Act ,
Gig Economy ,
Health Insurance ,
Health Savings Accounts ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Individual Mandate ,
Neil Gorsuch ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Repeal ,
SCOTUS ,
Sharing Economy ,
Tax Credits ,
Trump Administration ,
Two For One Rule
On February 28, 2017, President Trump delivered his first address to a joint session of Congress, outlining a broad vision of his agenda. The Trump administration is widely expected to chart a dramatically different course on...more
3/9/2017
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Blacklist ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Employer Mandates ,
Executive Orders ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Federal Contractors ,
Foreign Workers ,
H-1B ,
Health Insurance ,
Health Savings Accounts ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Immigration Reform ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Reform ,
Repeal ,
Trump Administration ,
USCIS
President Donald J. Trump was sworn into office on January 20, 2017, ushering in a new balance of power in Washington and what is expected to be a dramatically different era of workplace policy. On his first day in office,...more
2/8/2017
/ Administrative Appointments ,
Administrative Procedure Act ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Cadillac Tax ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Mandates ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Executive Orders ,
Fiduciary Rule ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Investment Adviser ,
Judicial Appointments ,
Neil Gorsuch ,
NLRB ,
Obama Administration ,
OMB ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Accountability Act ,
Regulatory Freeze ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Repeal ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Trump Administration
One of the first acts of the new Administration on Inauguration Day was to issue a memorandum putting the brakes—at least temporarily—on federal regulations that have not yet taken effect, and to release an executive order...more
1/23/2017
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Arbitration ,
Blacklist ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employer Mandates ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
Over-Time ,
Persuader Rules ,
Trump Administration ,
White-Collar Exemptions
On January 1, 2017, employers across the nation will face a host of new or amended federal, state, and/or local labor and employment requirements. At the same time, there is uncertainty as to how the Trump Administration and...more
12/7/2016
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Background Checks ,
Cell Phones ,
Commuter Tax Benefits ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Criminal Records ,
Data Breach ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Domestic Workers ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Restrooms ,
Employment Authorization Documents (EAD) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Pay ,
Executive Compensation ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Fiduciary Rule ,
Firearms ,
Forum Selection ,
Franchises ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Health Insurance ,
Health Insurance Exchanges ,
Healthcare ,
Immigrants ,
Investment Management ,
Joint Employers ,
Juvenile Justice System ,
Labor Law Violations ,
LGBTQ ,
Local Ordinance ,
Marijuana ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Minimum Wage ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Leave ,
Payroll Records ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Retirement Plan ,
Sick Leave ,
Silica ,
Smoking Bans ,
Social Media Policy ,
Transportation Industry ,
Trump Administration ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wellness Programs ,
Work Schedules ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety
Littler's WPI Insider Report details key labor, employment, and benefits news and events at the federal, state, local, and global levels. The December edition of the Insider Report discusses recent efforts to block...more
12/5/2016
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Blacklist ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EB-1 ,
EB-2 ,
EB-3 ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fiduciary Duty ,
Fiduciary Rule ,
Genetic Discrimination ,
GINA ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Hotels ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Marijuana ,
Minimum Salary ,
Minimum Wage ,
NLRB ,
Obama Administration ,
OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Leave ,
Persuader Rules ,
Presidential Elections ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Right to Work ,
Sick Leave ,
Trump Administration ,
Unions ,
USCIS Immigrant Fee ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wellness Programs ,
White-Collar Exemptions ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety
The 2016 Presidential election was arguably the most contentious, unpredictable, and politically polarizing race in this nation's history. The contours of the electoral map changed by the hour in the days leading up to...more
11/10/2016
/ Administrative Appointments ,
Affordable Care Act ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Arbitration ,
Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Class Action ,
Class Action Arbitration Waivers ,
Collective Bargaining Agreements (CBA) ,
D.R. Horton v NLRB ,
DACA ,
DAPA ,
Disability Discrimination ,
Dodd-Frank ,
EEO-1 ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Ernst & Young ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fiduciary Rule ,
Gender Identity ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Immigrants ,
Immigration Procedures ,
Joint Employers ,
Judicial Appointments ,
LGBTQ ,
Mandatory Arbitration Clauses ,
MAP-21 ,
Minimum Salary ,
Minimum Wage ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
OFCCP ,
OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Leave ,
Persuader Rules ,
Political Appointments ,
Popular ,
Project Labor Agreements ,
Recess Appointments ,
Retirement Plan ,
Right to Work ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Standard of Review ,
Title VII ,
Transgender ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wages ,
White-Collar Exemptions ,
Workplace Injury
According to Ballotpedia, 140 state ballot initiatives in 35 states have already been certified for the November 8, 2016 election. This number does not include the many city-wide measures that will be before voters on...more
8/10/2016
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Ballot Measures ,
Business Succession ,
Employee Retention ,
Employer Mandates ,
Health Insurance ,
Health Insurance Exchanges ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Hotels ,
Sexual Assault ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Wage and Hour ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety
Littler's Workplace Policy Institute Insider Report details key labor, employment, and benefits news and events at the federal, state, local, and global levels. The August edition of the Insider Report compares the Democratic...more
8/4/2016
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Gender Discrimination ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
GINA ,
Health Insurance ,
International Data Transfers ,
Minimum Salary ,
NLRB ,
OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
Parental Leave ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Transparency ,
Penalties ,
Personal Data ,
Political Campaigns ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Theft ,
Wellness Programs ,
White-Collar Exemptions ,
Workplace Injury
Littler's Workplace Policy Institute Insider Report details key labor, employment, and benefits news and events at the federal, state, local, and global levels. The June edition of the Insider Report highlights recent federal...more
6/6/2016
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Ban the Box ,
Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EEO-1 ,
Electronic Reporting ,
Employee Benefits ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Final Rules ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
GINA ,
Health Insurance ,
Minimum Salary ,
Minimum Wage ,
New Legislation ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Non-Compete Agreements ,
OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Pensions ,
Pregnancy Discrimination ,
Sick Leave ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wellness Programs ,
White-Collar Exemptions ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety
While much of last night's State of the Union Address focused on big-picture issues, President Obama did make some specific employment-related comments during the annual speech to the country. One underlying purpose of this...more