On May 1, 2025, the United States Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) Wage and Hour Division announced it would not enforce or apply the Biden-era 2024 Final Rule regarding independent contractor classification (“2024 Rule”)....more
5/19/2025
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Economic Realities Test ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Final Rules ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
Regulatory Reform ,
State Labor Laws ,
Trump Administration ,
Wage and Hour
On November 15th, Judge Sean Jordan of the Eastern District of Texas halted a 2024 Department of Labor (“DOL”) Final Rule (“2024 Rule”) that massively increased salary requirements for employees classified as “exempt” from...more
11/25/2024
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Highly Compensated Employees ,
Over-Time ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Salaried Employees ,
Threshold Requirements ,
Vacated ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
The election is over and a second Trump administration will begin in January 2025 (“Trump Administration”). Numerous changes to the employment law landscape will come with it. And if past is prologue, many of these changes...more
The Supreme Court will soon hear a wage and hour case with massive implications for employers defending claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Depending on the outcome, the high court’s decision could make it far...more
On June 24, 2022, in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the United States Supreme Court overturned both Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey and held the access to abortion is not a right protected by the...more
8/3/2022
/ Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization ,
Employee Benefits ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Federal v State Law Application ,
Reproductive Healthcare Issues ,
Roe v Wade