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TRU Staffing Partners, Inc.

Hot Jobs, Trends in A.I., and a Changing Job Market Top Eye on ESI for August

The Eye on ESI webinar for August 2024 paired TRU Staffing Partners’ Founder and CEO Jared Coseglia with Michael Quartararo, president of ACEDS, and Maribel Rivera, VP of ACEDS, for their usual monthly discussion showcasing...more

DCI Consulting

[Webinar] Pay Equity Studies: Expert vs Robot - February 14th, 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm EST

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Achieving pay equity requires a deep understanding of organizational dynamics, legal frameworks, and the nuanced factors that contribute to pay disparities. As more technology becomes available to conduct pay equity analyses,...more

PilieroMazza PLLC

A Decision Right Up an Employee’s Alley: Recent Virginia Federal Court Opinion Weakens Protections for Companies Utilizing...

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Government contractors and commercial businesses alike frequently retain consultants and independent contractors to perform certain types of work, particularly in the construction, healthcare, and information technology...more

Stokes Wagner

DOL Issues Three New Opinion Letters

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On January 7, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor published three new opinion letters that every employer should review. The first involves an employer’s nondiscretionary bonus payment of $3,000 given to employees who...more

Steptoe & Johnson PLLC

Three New DOL Opinion Letters Address Wage and Hour Issues and FMLA Eligibility

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On January 7, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor published three new opinion letters – two that address compliance under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and one that addresses compliance under the Family Medical Leave...more

Snell & Wilmer

The DOL Starts 2020 With a Bevy of Opinion Letters

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Not sitting on its laurels, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has already issued three new opinion letters to begin the year. Two deal with issues under the FLSA and a third addresses issues under the FMLA....more

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New Year Brings New Opinion Letters From DOL’s Wage and Hour Division

On January 7, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued three opinion letters, two of which concerned the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). (The other dealt with the Family and Medical Leave Act...more

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Fifth Circuit Holds Directional Drillers Are Independent Contractors

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently held that a group of directional driller consultants were independent contractors, not employees, in large part due to their highly specialized skills, degree of...more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Department of Labor Refuses to Let the Clock Run Out on the Persuader Rule…How about Overtime?

On January 12, 2017, the Department of Labor filed a notice of appeal of District Judge Sam R. Cummings’ November order that blocked the Department of Labor’s controversial “persuader rule.” The rule, discussed by HRLegalist...more

McGuireWoods LLP

Southern District of New York Reiterates its Narrow View of Privilege Protection for Consultants Assisting Lawyers

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Client agents/consultants normally fall outside privilege protection, unless they help facilitate communications between the client and lawyer. Recognizing this, some lawyers seek privilege protection by hiring the...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

Federal Court Rules That HR Consultant’s Report is Not Privileged

On March 27, 2015, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted the plaintiffs’ motion to compel disclosure of a report prepared by a Human Resources (“HR”) consultant in class action litigation under...more

Littler

Workplace Policy Institute: Agencies Release Spring 2013 Regulatory Agendas; Final Persuader Rule Expected in November

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Federal agencies have released their spring 2013 regulatory agendas outlining the rules they will likely propose or issue in final form during the next six-month period. While agencies often stray from their stated goals and...more

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