Receiving over 270,000 comments must have impressed the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to the point that it scaled back the provisions originally stated or hinted at in the proposed rules, with final rules issued May 18 that...more
A 286-page Notice of Proposed Rule Making was issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) in the Federal Register on February 25, 2016. The DOL estimates that 437,000 employees of federal contractors will begin to receive paid...more
From 2014 to 2016 there has been an explosion of labor & employment “laws” through Executive Orders, new regulations and proposed regulations. Some of the requirements apply to all employers, while those issued by...more
1/29/2016
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Equal Pay ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Minimum Wage ,
Pay Transparency ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Sick Leave ,
Veterans ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
Officially known as “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces,” Executive Order 13673 now consists of proposed guidance from the Department of Labor (DOL) and proposed regulations from the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council (FAR). It...more
9/9/2015
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ADEA ,
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Compliance ,
Construction Industry ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Discrimination ,
Executive Orders ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Arbitration Act ,
Federal Contractors ,
Harassment ,
Hiring & Firing ,
IRS ,
Labor Law Violations ,
NLRA ,
Obama Administration ,
OSHA ,
Rehabilitation Act ,
Reporting Requirements ,
SCOTUS ,
Service Contract Act ,
Sexual Assault ,
Title VII ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently published proposed rules increasing the salary to be overtime-exempt to an estimated $50,440 per year as of January 2016. There will likely be an automatic annual salary escalator...more
Do you have employees who are currently overtime exempt making under $50,000 per year, who play an important role in your organization, but you can’t justify paying a higher salary to avoid having them becoming nonexempt...more