On July 11, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (with appellate jurisdiction over federal courts in Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania) issued a decision in Johnson v. National Collegiate Athletic...more
7/24/2024
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College Athletes ,
Colleges ,
Compensation ,
Employee Definition ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Student Aid ,
Minimum Wage ,
NCAA ,
Student Athletes ,
Title IX ,
Universities
Whether you are a founder or a manager, growing a company from scratch is an exciting process. For most companies, this process will involve the hiring and management of employees at a rapid pace....more
4/24/2024
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Compliance ,
Emerging Growth Companies ,
Employee Handbooks ,
Employment Contract ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Form I-9 ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Leave of Absence ,
Misclassification ,
Noncompliance ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Startups ,
Wage and Hour
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is back in the news after the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) sued an online tutoring company for alleged discrimination in violation of the Age Discrimination in...more
Federal and state civil rights and anti-discrimination laws prohibit employment discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex, disability, age, genetic information, and other protected characteristics....more
A new Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR 52.204-27) clause prohibits federal contractors and subcontractors from “having or using” the social networking service TikTok or any “successor application” developed by ByteDance, a...more
On March 26, 2023, Governor Glenn Youngkin signed HB 1895 into law which will amend Virginia Code § 40.1-28.1, entitled, “Nondisclosure or confidentiality agreement; provisions regarding sexual assault; condition of...more
Beginning on July 1, 2021, Virginia employers will be subject to a new state overtime law that provides more stringent overtime requirements than those contained in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). On March 31,...more
On January 11, 2021, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser signed the Ban on Non-Compete Agreements Amendment Act of 2020 (the “Act”) into law – one of the most restrictive laws on employer/employee non-compete agreements in...more
As uncertainty surrounding loan forgiveness under the CARES Act’s Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) continues to loom over the heads of small business owners throughout the nation, the Department of the Treasury issued an...more
As more states and localities begin to open up commercial activities, federal agencies and state and local governments are encouraging and, in some places, requiring employers to develop and implement a comprehensive...more
This alert updates our March 25, 2020 client alert with new information posted by the Department of Labor on March 30, 2020. As previously reported, on Tuesday, March 24, 2020, the Department of Labor published guidance in...more
On Tuesday, March 24, 2020, the Department of Labor published guidance in three separate documents related to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”), which goes into effect on April 1, 2020 through December 31,...more
A five-part seminar series that will provide Hampton Roads businesses with ideas on how they can be more profitable and reduce risk in 2020.
This presentation will include a discussion on strategic actions and decisions...more
10/25/2019
/ Business Development ,
Business Strategies ,
Cannabis Products ,
Corporate Executives ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Policies ,
Events ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Marijuana ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Risk Management
Today, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a Final Rule to go into effect on January 1, 2020 that will increase the salary threshold for the Executive, Administrative, and Professional (“EAP”) exemptions under the Fair Labor...more
Update: On May 1, 2019, the EEOC announced that in mid-July, 2019 it will begin collecting Component 2 data for calendar year 2017 in addition to the Component 2 data for calendar year 2018. Employers must submit this data...more
4/29/2019
/ Data Collection ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Filing Deadlines ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
OMB ,
Pay Data ,
Pay Gap ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Wage and Hour