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The Situation: The national trend toward pay equity is gaining momentum, leading to transformative changes for employers. A growing list of states and local jurisdictions are enacting pay transparency laws,...more
On March 15, 2022, to coincide with this year's "Equal Pay Day," the OFCCP issued a new Directive on pay equity audits. Its stated purpose is to "provide guidance on how OFCCP will evaluate federal contractors' compliance...more
4/15/2022
/ Biden Administration ,
Compensation & Benefits ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Pay ,
Federal Contractors ,
Labor Reform ,
New Guidance ,
OFCCP ,
Pay Equity Laws ,
Pay Transparency ,
Wage and Hour
Texas, a traditionally employer-friendly state that seldom imposes requirements on employers that are more stringent than federal law, recently passed a new sexual harassment law that does just that. The law, which took...more
The Situation: A district court in the Fifth Circuit granted conditional certification under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") to a class of allegedly misclassified truck drivers, analyzing certification using the widely...more
A Department of Labor rule provides that payments other than fixed salary are compatible with the fluctuating workweek method of calculating overtime pay under the FLSA.
The Department of Labor's Final Rule, which took...more