Employers seeking to juggle employee leave demands with their own regulatory compliance obligations received clarification from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Specifically, the DOL published a clarifying opinion letter...more
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11/14/2016
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In New Guidance, DOL Gets Aggressive on “Joint Employment” -
By issuing a new interpretative document in January, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division attempted to clarify the concept of “joint...more
2/3/2016
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By issuing a new interpretative document (bearing the catchy title “Administrator’s Interpretation No. 2016-1”), the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has attempted to clarify the concept of “joint employment”...more