Joint Employment, Misclassification, I-9s, and Web Accessibility: New Rules and Rulings Reshape Employer Risk - Employment Law This Week®
Work This Way, A Labor & Employment Podcast | No Tax on Tips: What Employers Need to Know with Brock Phillips of Maynard Nexsen
Clarifying Bonuses, Overtime, and Exempt Status in DOL’s Opinion Letters: What's the Tea in L&E?
FMLA and FLSA Compliance in 2026—New DOL Opinion Letters and Emerging Risks - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
New Tips and Overtime Guidance, NLRB Circuit Split, and Stalled Nomination- #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast - Supreme Court Decisions Impacting Employers with Fay Edwards of Maynard Nexsen
Demystifying Wage and Hour Audits: One-on-One with Courtney McFate
New FLSA Notice Standard, DOL’s PAID Program, Axed Wage and Hour Penalties - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Nationwide FLSA Lawsuits Just Got Harder—Here’s Why - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Understanding the New Overtime Tax Policies in the Big Beautiful Bill
Is the Four-Day Workweek Really a Benefit? What’s the Tea in L&E?
Constangy Clips Ep. 11 - Summer Interns and Short-Term Workers: 3 Tips for Managing Seasonal Hires
Navigating Contractor vs. Employee Classification
The Evolution of Equal Pay: Lessons From 9 to 5 — Hiring to Firing Podcast
Keeping Up with Exemption Threshold Regulations
Constangy Clips Ep. 6 - Federal Court Blocks DOL Rule: What Employers Need to Know
What's the Tea in L&E? DOL Drama: Court Vacates Overtime Expansion Rule
Employment Law Now VIII-154 - Court Invalidates DOL's 2024 Overtime Salary Threshold Increases
#WorkforceWednesday®: DOL Authority Challenged - Key Rulings on Overtime and Tip Credit - Employment Law This Week®
The Burr Broadcast: FLSA Overtime Exemption
Is it that time of year already? Summer is almost here. For many employers, that means an influx of customers and a familiar solution: seasonal hires. High school and college students are a natural fit for short-term...more
A recent healthcare-related federal court settlement serves as a reminder that job titles do not determine overtime eligibility under the Fair Labor Standards Act. In Simmons v. ViaQuest Residential Services, LLC, No....more
Fifth Circuit Vacates NLRB Order Regarding Company Subpoenas During Union Organizing Campaign - In Starbucks v. NLRB, __ F.4th __ (5th Cir. Apr. 17, 2026), the Fifth Circuit vacated the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB)...more
The consequences of being deemed a “joint employer” are significant. It can mean that one company is liable to or for the employees of another company in several contexts, including compliance with wage and hour, safety and...more
As previously reported, the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBBA) provides an income tax deduction for “qualified tips” received by individuals in occupations that customarily and regularly received tips on or before...more
On May 4, 2026, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit joined a growing majority of federal appellate courts holding that courts must establish personal jurisdiction over the claims of each member of a collective...more
On April 22, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division published a proposed rule that would establish a federal standard for determining when two or more entities qualify as “joint employers” under the...more
The Second Circuit held that courts must dismiss out-of-state plaintiffs from FLSA collective actions unless the defendant is “essentially at home” in the forum state or consents to the suit in that venue. In a significant...more
Baseball is often referred to as “America’s pastime,” but for some baseball fans, it may double as worktime. While employers have long known that workers occasionally play hooky to attend afternoon ballgames, viral videos and...more
We report below on several judicial and administrative proceedings involving independent contractor (IC) misclassification and compliance, including new class action lawsuits against a home improvement company and a security...more
The Beltway Buzz® is a weekly update summarizing labor and employment news from inside the Beltway and clarifying how what’s happening in Washington, D.C., could impact your business....more
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has joined a growing number of federal circuits to hold that would-be opt-in plaintiffs from outside the state where the case is pending cannot join a collective action under...more
The Second Circuit joins the majority of federal circuits. Employers defending collective actions under the Fair Labor Standards Act just scored a major win in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In...more
Happy Mothers’ Day weekend to all, including you dads and kids! How much do you know about moms’ rights in the workplace in the current era? Take our quiz and find out! As always, the answers will appear at the end of each...more
On May 4, 2026, the Second Circuit joined the Third, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits in holding that a district court may not authorize notice to out-of-state potential opt-in plaintiffs in an FLSA collective...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) last month for its proposed rule on joint employment, where multiple employers simultaneously employ the same employee....more
To learn more about the major challenges employers face and developments your organization needs to address, we encourage you join the first of two virtual Labor & Employment Law Updates we will be hosting in 2026...more
A new proposal from the Department of Labor (DOL) is expected to reduce joint employer exposure for retailers that rely on staffing agencies or other third parties to fill certain roles or complete certain tasks. The Trump...more
What employers should know about key developments this week: • DOL Proposes Joint Employer Rule: The Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed a rule reinstating the economic realities test for joint employer liability under...more
On April 23, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division issued a proposed rule seeking to establish a unified “Joint Employer” test under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family and Medical Leave Act...more
Virginia’s House Bill 238 expands wage protections in the construction industry by making general contractors jointly and severally liable for subcontractors’ wage violations and classifying them as “employers” under state...more
In the pre-pandemic days of brick-and-mortar work locations, determining a non-exempt employee’s compensable time was not very complicated or difficult to monitor. It started when the employee arrived at work and clocked...more
On April 22, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a proposed rule that would establish a uniform standard for determining joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family and Medical...more
On April 22, 2026, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division published a proposed rule to establish a single, nationwide standard for determining joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”),...more
The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division published a proposed rule on April 23, 2026, adopting a standard to determine joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). According to DOL, the...more