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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit recently determined that the Department of Labor (DOL) violated the Administrative Procedures Act (APA) in issuing its “Tip Credit” final regulations and vacated the final rule....more
On August 23, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals released its long-awaited opinion in Restaurant Law Center v. United States Department of Labor and invalidated the 2021 final tip rule issued by the U.S. Department of...more
Tips from Seyfarth is a blog series for employers, and their in-house lawyers and HR, payroll, and compensation professionals, in the food, beverage, and hospitality sector. We curate wage and hour compliance “tips” to keep...more
In a recent win for health care providers, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has affirmed a lower court’s decision to vacate key portions of regulations issued by the U.S. Departments of Treasury,...more
On July 18, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (“Fifth Circuit”) vacated a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas (“District Court”) that upheld the U.S. Department of Labor’s...more
Last week, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated and remanded the appeal from a lower court's decision upholding the Biden Administration's Department of Labor rule enabling ERISA plans to consider ESG factors, ordering...more
In Chamber of Commerce of United States v. NLRB, No. 23-cv-00553, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 43016 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 8, 2024), the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the National Labor Relations...more
On February 6, a US district court in Texas vacated provisions of the No Surprises Act final rule related to the independent dispute resolution (IDR) process for determining payment for out-of-network services....more
The District Court for the Middle District of Florida issued a decision (the “ASA Decision”) on February 13 that adds yet another twist to the 13-year long story of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) attempts to recraft...more
The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas recently vacated a portion of the Requirements Related to Surprise Billing, Part II, Interim Final Rule (the “Rule”) regarding the independent dispute resolution (IDR)...more
The 11th Circuit clarified that employers, not employees, bear the burden of proving compliance with the 80-20 rule for employees subject to the tip credit under the FLSA....more
On October 7, 2020, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced an Interim Final Rule titled, “Strengthening Wage Protections for the Temporary and Permanent Employment of Certain Aliens in the United States” would go into...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Much has been written in the past few weeks about a recent federal court decision that invalidated the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) joint employment rule. While the immediate reaction of some may be...more
On September 8, 2020, Judge Gregory Woods in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York struck down the majority of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) “joint-employer” rule concerning what it...more
On September 8, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) final joint-employer rule, which limited when multiple businesses involved in an employment...more
On September 11, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued revised regulations in response to a recent decision from a federal court in New York striking down parts of the DOL’s Families First Coronavirus Response Act...more
On September 8, 2020, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York struck down portions of a January 2020 Final Rule issued by the Department of Labor. The Final Rule provided a new test for...more
SUMMARY - On September 8, 2020, a federal judge in New York struck down significant portions of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) joint employer rule, which had narrowed the situations in which businesses can be held...more
Judge Woods of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on September 8 vacated the US Department of Labor’s new test for joint employment, which focuses only on the putative joint employer’s right to...more
On August 3, Judge Paul Oetken of the Southern District of New York issued a decision invalidating various portions of the Department of Labor’s rules implementing the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act...more
On March 18, 2020, Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), which provided up to two weeks of paid sick leave and an additional 10 weeks of paid family and medical leave to certain eligible...more
More employees are eligible for up to 12 weeks’ COVID-19-related emergency paid sick leave and emergency paid FMLA leave after a federal district court in New York invalidated significant parts of a US Department of Labor...more
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A Southern District of New York federal judge in Manhattan vacated a final rule by the Department of Labor (“DOL”) that exempted certain workers from accessing emergency benefits under the temporary federal pandemic-related...more