On January 21, 2025, amid a flurry of executive orders, President Trump issued an executive order titled, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit Based Opportunity,” representing a critical change in federal policy...more
2/6/2025
/ Affirmative Action ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Diversity ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Executive Orders ,
Federal Contractors ,
OFCCP ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration
On November 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide injunction enjoining the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) Final Rule increasing the salary thresholds for the overtime...more
On January 9, 2024, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued its final rule (the “Final Rule”) on the classification of workers as independent contractors for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). This Final Rule,...more
Employers in the process of reopening this summer are frequently fielding a novel question from employees: requests for time off to care for a child whose summer plans have been disrupted. Fortunately, the Department of Labor...more
On March 18, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (the “Act”). ...more
In recent years, the CFPB has struck fear into the C-suites of financial services companies. The agency was extraordinarily active in rulemaking that addresses every aspect of lending, prepaid cards and arbitration clauses in...more
1/17/2018
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Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Enforcement Actions ,
EU ,
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) ,
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) ,
OCR ,
Popular ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act ,
Tax Reform ,
Wage and Hour
1. With Wage and Hour Rules in Flux, Employers Need to Remain Vigilant -
Expanding wage and hour obligations will continue to be a top concern for employers in 2017. As most employers are aware, in May 2016, the United...more
1/26/2017
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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Ban the Box ,
Blockchain ,
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) ,
Copyright Infringement ,
Cybersecurity ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Dodd-Frank ,
E-Verify ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
EU ,
EU-US Privacy Shield ,
European Court of Justice (ECJ) ,
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ,
Form I-9 ,
Non-GAAP Financial Measures ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Tax Reform ,
UDAAP ,
USCIS ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wellness Programs
On May 18, 2016, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued its long-awaited Final Rule expanding the number of employees eligible to receive overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) effective as of...more
In an era of increasing financial pressure on the administration of hospitals and health systems, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is expected to issue a final rule regarding the overtime provisions in the Fair Labor...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) has finally revealed its anticipated proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (“FLSA”) overtime exemptions. See 80 F.R. 38515 (July 6, 2015). Employers should brace themselves...more
7/9/2015
/ Classification ,
Comment Period ,
Consumer Price Index ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Over-Time ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wages ,
White-Collar Exemptions