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DOL’s Expanded Overtime Salary Limits, EEOC’s Sexual Harassment Guidance, NY’s Mandatory Paid Prenatal Leave - Employment Law This Week®
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Employment Law Now VIII-143 - Federal Agency Update (Part 2 of 2)
Employment Law Now VIII-142 - Federal Agency Update (Part 1 of 2)
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DE Under 3: An Explanation of the Current Federal Budget Bill Confusion
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The Burr Morning: Key Legal Developments to Watch for in 2024
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Excitement, Turbulence & Confusion: The Top 10 Employment Law Issues That Affected Federal Contractors in 2023
Successor Government Contractor Hiring Obligations Change: DOL’s Long Awaited Nondisplacement Rule
The Burr Broadcast: New Independent Contractor Rule
DE Under 3: US DOL's WHD Published Its “Employee or Independent Contractor” Classification Final Rule
DE Under 3: FAR Council Submitted for OMB Approval Proposed Rule on “Pay Equity and Transparency in Federal Contracting”
In Securities and Exchange Commission v. Jarkesy, 603 U.S. ___ (June 27, 2024), the U.S. Supreme Court held that the SEC’s administrative law judges (ALJs) lack jurisdiction to impose civil penalties for alleged securities...more
Welcome to the Regulatory Roundup. Each month, Eversheds Sutherland Investment Services attorneys review significant regulatory developments (including notable rulemakings and guidance from securities regulators) from the...more
SEC Loses in ALJ Case, DOL’s Latest Fiduciary Rule Put on Hold, and SEC Reconsiders AI and Custody Rule Proposals - Welcome to our July Regulatory Roundup, where we provide a quick look at the latest regulatory developments....more
The Supreme Court’s recent landmark ruling that gives employers a powerful tool to fight back against regulatory overreach will have a broad impact on just about every area of workplace law – and every industry. We’re looking...more
In her 2023 Enforcement Report, Solicitor of Labor Seema Nanda revealed enhanced coordination with OSHA to hold employers and supervisors accountable for repeat and willful violations, especially those that lead to worker...more
Tuesday, February 20, 2024: Telecommuting Decreased in 2022, But Still Far Above Pre-Pandemic Numbers, U.S. Census Bureau Reported - Among U.S. workers, 15.2 percent worked from home in 2022, down from almost 17.9 percent...more
I have handled numerous prevailing wage cases, both Davis Bacon Act and State laws, and have come to understand that it often is a gray issue whether materials delivery and any concomitant work performed is/is not prevailing...more
As we previously reported, on February 13, 2020, an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) of the Department of Labor (DOL) dismissed a former in-house attorney’s whistleblower claims because he worked entirely outside of the United...more
Where is the Economy Heading? According to the data released Friday by the Department of Labor, the U.S. economy added approximately 528,000 jobs in July, reducing the unemployment rate to 3.5 percent. Although this...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 Cynthia L. Hackerott. In today’s edition,...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 J. Chambers and Cynthia L. Hackerott. In today’s...more
In this episode of DE Under 3, resident expert John Fox shares first-hand experience with the recent appellate court’s reversal of the 2019 Enterprise Rent-a-Car discrimination trial decision, and Candee shares updates on...more
In an unforgiving decision, a unanimous Administrative Review Board of the USDOL reversed and remanded the entirety of the 2019 Recommended Decision and Order of USDOL Administrative Law Judge Morris Davis. In doing so, the...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 National Labor Relations Act (Act) protects employees’ right to unionize (and not unionize), and to engage in other “protected concerted activity.” These are basic rights guaranteed to employees under Section 7 of the...more
1. The National Labor Relations Board General Counsel’s office is advocating for overturning Trump-era Board cases defining the scope of National Labor Relations Act-protected activity. In a brief filed on January 14, The...more
On Monday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Marty Walsh as the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor under President Biden. Secretary Walsh will, of course, also be newly-appointed OFCCP Director Jenny Yang’s new boss. While...more
Cynthia L. Attwood was sworn in as Chair of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (Review Commission), January 20, 2021, following her designation by President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Ms. Atwood is very familiar...more
1. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) upheld an administrative law judge’s (ALJ) ruling directing an unfair labor practice trial to be conducted by videoconference because of the COVID-19 pandemic. William Beaumont...more
On June 18, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor Administrative Review Board (“ARB”) held that a complaint about a theoretical violation of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Financial Protection Act of 2010...more
The US Department of Labor’s chief administrative law judge (ALJ) issued an administrative order and notice on June 1, indefinitely suspending all in-person hearings before the Office of Administrative Law Judges (OALJ). ...more
One threshold issue in whistleblower cases involving alleged retaliation is whether a complainant who is not a direct employee is nonetheless a “covered employee.” ...more
As we previously reported, the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Administrative Review Board has twice held that Sarbanes Oxley’s anti-retaliation provision does not apply extraterritorially. See Hu v. PTC, Inc., ARB Case No....more
The US Department of Labor (DOL) Administrative Review Board (ARB) recently issued a decision in the case of Evans v. US Environmental Protection Agency, ARB Case No. 2017-0008, ALJ Case No. 2008-CAA-00003 (ARB Mar. 17,...more