On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its much-anticipated final rule raising the salary threshold for employees to be exempt from federal overtime requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act...more
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On August 19, 2022, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) within the US Department of Labor published a notice in the Federal Register alerting federal contractors that the agency had received a Freedom...more
On September 11, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued revised regulations implementing the Family First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) after a New York federal court struck down key provisions of the original...more
On April 1, 2020, The U.S. Department of Labor issued temporary regulations interpreting the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). The FFCRA provides certain employees who are unable to work due to the COVID-19...more
As mentioned in our previous alert, the recently enacted Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) requires that employers with fewer than 500 employees provide paid Emergency Sick Leave and paid Emergency Family...more
An eventful first week of March saw newsworthy announcements related to the Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) overtime rule and the EEO-1 pay data reporting requirement.
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On March 7, 2019, the US...more
On February 28, 2018, the Department of Justice's (DOJ) Civil Rights Division announced a new Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Initiative (SHWI) that will focus on combating workplace sexual harassment in the public sector....more
This is the time of year when employers with 100 or more employees (and federal contractors with 50 or more employees) would typically be gathering information to complete the EEO-1 reporting by September 30. However, on...more