On Jan. 12, 2024, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed a new pay transparency act. The act takes effect on June 30, 2024, and requires D.C. employers to post salary ranges and benefits information for open positions,...more
On Nov. 8, 2022, Washington, D.C., voters overwhelmingly approved "Initiative 82," which, once certified and implemented, will eliminate the tip-credit system in D.C. With this new law, D.C. joins the ranks of seven states...more
On Oct. 1, 2021, the D.C. City Council expanded the local Paid Family Leave law and the D.C. Family and Medical Leave Act (D.C. FMLA). The new laws entitle employees to three times as much paid medical leave and a new...more
On April 27, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) requiring federal contractors performing service, construction or concession contracts to pay a $15 minimum wage to those employees who are working on such...more
In 2018, the District of Columbia passed the Tipped Wage Workers Fairness Amendment Act to accomplish a number of goals, including the repeal of Initiative No. 77, a referendum that would have eliminated the tip credit system...more
On April 12, 2020, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam signed a series of new employee protection laws related to employee unpaid wage complaints. Notably, the enactment of HB 123 and SB 838, known as the Wage Theft Law, for the...more
In March and April 2020, Gov. Ralph Northam signed multiple bills into law meant to combat worker misclassification. The new legislation creates a private cause of action for misclassified workers, prohibits retaliation...more
With the end of the federal government shutdown that began on Jan. 20, 2018, there is a reasonable likelihood that the budget impasse will just be resurrected when yet another short-term funding extension enacted by Congress...more
On Aug. 31, 2017, a federal court in Texas struck down the Obama-era Department of Labor rule that would have significantly expanded overtime eligibility by more than doubling the salary threshold under the Fair Labor...more
Taking the middle road by returning the bill to the City Council without her signature, Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser permits the D.C. Paid Family Leave law to continue down the path toward a 2020 payout for D.C....more
Employers in the District of Columbia may soon be required to provide 11 weeks of paid family leave for parents to care for a new or adopted child and eight weeks of paid family leave to care for an ailing parent or...more
On Nov. 22, 2016, a federal court in Texas issued a preliminary injunction temporarily halting nationwide enforcement of the U.S. Department of Labor’s new final rule regarding Fair Labor Standards Act overtime regulations...more
With the federal government funded only through Sept. 30, 2015, unless Congress acts quickly, there is a reasonable likelihood of another government shutdown beginning Oct. 1, 2015. The looming shutdown will create...more
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Contending that employers may intentionally misclassify workers as independent contractors to cut costs and avoid compliance with labor laws, U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Administrator David Weil issued a new...more