This week, we are focused on the immediate impact employers face from the rush of Trump administration executive orders, memos, and proclamations.
On January 20, 2025, President Trump began his second term. On his first day...more
On December 27, 2023, and just in time for the 2024 ball to drop, the New York State Department of Labor (NYSDOL) finalized the salary thresholds for exempt employees that were proposed as a part of Minimum Wage Order Updates...more
1/3/2024
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Exempt-Employees ,
Labor Reform ,
Minimum Salary ,
Minimum Wage ,
New York ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Salaried Employees ,
State Labor Departments ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
On August 30, 2023, in one of the U.S. Department of Labor’s most highly anticipated rulemakings of the year, the Wage and Hour Division announced the details of its forthcoming Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the...more
8/31/2023
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Highly Compensated Employees ,
Labor Reform ,
Minimum Salary ,
Non-Exempt Employees ,
Over-Time ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
It’s #WorkforceWednesday! This week, we look at President-Elect Biden’s likely Department of Labor agenda and the challenges COVID-19 vaccines and rapid jurisdictional changes are creating for employers.
What Employers Can...more
On Thursday, January 16, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) published in the Federal Register the much-anticipated Final Rule regarding joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards...more
1/22/2020
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Final Rules ,
Franchises ,
Franchisors ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Joint Employers ,
Labor Reform ,
Labor Regulations ,
NPRM ,
Rulemaking Process ,
Wage and Hour