On Friday, February 14, 2025, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) issued a “Dear Colleague” letter advising federally funded schools that it considers any decisions or benefits based on race,...more
2/28/2025
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Federal Funding ,
National Origin Discrimination ,
OCR ,
Race Discrimination ,
Students for Fair Admissions v Harvard College ,
Title VI ,
Trump Administration ,
Universities
On Friday, November 15, a Texas federal court turned back time on the minimum salary threshold rule for certain overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standard Act’s (“FLSA”)—halting the planned January 1, 2025, increase,...more
11/20/2024
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Employer Liability Issues ,
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Labor Reform ,
Minimum Salary ,
Non-Exempt Employees ,
Over-Time ,
Salaried Employees ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
Vacated ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
Last week, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced its long-awaited final rule raising the minimum salary that certain employees must earn in order to be exempt from overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”)....more
5/3/2024
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Employees ,
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Highly Compensated Employees ,
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Minimum Salary ,
Over-Time ,
Salaried Employees ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
On January 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its highly anticipated Final Rule, which revises the criteria for determining whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor...more
1/18/2024
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Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
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Freelance Workers ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
New Rules ,
Wage and Hour
On February 22, 2023, the United States Supreme Court ruled in a 6-3 decision that an employee who earned over $200,000 annually was still entitled to overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The Court’s...more
On September 29, 2022, Senator Tammy Duckworth and Representative John Sarbanes introduced the Websites and Software Applications Accessibility Act (“the Act”), a bill designed to ensure that websites and software apps are...more
10/26/2022
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Websites
Despite the Supreme Court’s ruling against the OSHA ETS requiring mandatory vaccination or testing policies and subsequent withdrawal of the standard earlier this year, many employers voluntarily continue to maintain...more