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When a Paycheck Isn’t All That’s Brought Home From Work

In the midst of the worldwide pandemic, mass layoffs and high unemployment, many workers are grateful to still have a job. But what happens when an employee contracts COVID-19 in the workplace, brings it home and infects one...more

When Are Unpaid Internships Allowed Under the FLSA? DOL Revises Test

For-profit organizations have new guidelines to follow when determining whether they must pay interns. On January 5, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a new test for determining whether interns must be paid or...more

Seventh Circuit Calls Time Out on Employee Leaves

Handling employees who seek additional leave for a disability after exhausting all Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) time frequently gives employers headaches. It has long been the position of the EEOC that where an...more

President Trump's Regulatory Freeze May Impact Recently Enacted Labor and Employment Rules

On January 20, 2017, White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus issued a memorandum addressed to the heads of executive departments and agencies, including the Department of Labor (DOL), instructing them to freeze new or...more

Slow Your (Pay)Roll: Department of Labor's Overtime Rule Blocked

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) new minimum salary rule for the “white collar” exemption may not take effect on December 1, 2016, as scheduled. On November 22, U.S. District Court Judge Amos Mazzant of the Eastern...more

DOL Issues New Salary Rule: Now What?

As we predicted last week in “Release of Final DOL Exempt Employee Salary Rule Likely Imminent,” on May 18, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its final rule increasing the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA)...more

Release of Final DOL Exempt Employee Salary Rule Likely Imminent

Last September, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a proposed rule increasing the Fair Labor Standards Act’s minimum weekly salary rate for exempt employees to $970 a week, a great increase from the current $455 per week...more

Concerns Loom Over EEOC's Efforts to Obtain Data Targeting Discriminatory Pay Practices

Earlier this month Faegre Baker Daniels reported on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s controversial proposed revisions to the Employer Information Report (EEO-1) Form which, if adopted, would require certain...more

EEOC Criminal Background Check Cases Come With Big Price Tags for All Parties

One of the EEOC's top priorities has been ensuring individuals are not discriminated against based on their criminal histories. In recent years, it has filed multiple headline-grabbing lawsuits related to background checks...more

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