A federal district court in Texas on Nov. 15, 2024, issued an order vacating the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) rule that had raised the salary threshold levels for the white-collar overtime exemptions. The rule increased the...more
11/21/2024
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the president lacks authority under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to set a federal contractor minimum wage, creating a split with other...more
11/12/2024
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a finalized rule on April 23, 2024, increasing the minimum compensation levels for the so-called "white collar" exemptions to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) overtime...more
As enacted by the Biden Administration in February 2022, Executive Order (EO) 140631 and its implementing final rule2 require that all awardees of federal construction contracts for which the total estimated cost of the...more
1/15/2024
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its final rule on employee or independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) on Jan. 10, 2024. The final rule is effective March 11, 2024. It...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced it has finalized its new rule relating to the Davis-Bacon Act (DBA). This rule goes into effect 60 days after it is officially published in the Federal Register. The final rule...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued the final rule implementing President Joe Biden's Executive Order, "Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors," imposing a $15 minimum wage for a wide swath of...more
12/17/2021
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