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Uncertainty for Federal Contractors: Circuits Split as Fifth Circuit Upholds Minimum Wage Mandate

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has reversed a Texas federal court’s decision that invalidated President Joe Biden’s executive order increasing the hourly minimum wage for employees of federal contractors. The...more

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Ninth Circuit Says Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Is Unlawful

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the president lacks authority under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to set a federal contractor minimum wage, creating a split with other...more

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Industry and Labor Serve Up $20 Minimum Wage Deal For Fast Food Workers

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A two-year standoff between the fast food industry and labor unions ended this week as stakeholders announced a deal that will increase the minimum wage to $20 for California workers at fast food chains with more than 60...more

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Uncertainty Remains for Texas Paid Sick Leave Ordinances

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Over the past two years, city councils in three of the four largest cities in Texas — Austin, San Antonio, and Dallas — each have passed ordinances requiring local employers to provide their employees with paid sick leave. In...more

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Religious Institutions Update: June 2018 - Lex Est Sanctio Sancta

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Since 1990, the U.S. Supreme Court has expressly construed a neutral law of general applicability as consistent with the free exercise clause. Deeming Colorado's public accommodations law just such a law, the Colorado Court...more

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USDOL Submits Arguments In Salary Appeal

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The U.S. Department of Labor has finally filed a Reply Brief supporting its request that the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals overturn last November's preliminary injunction that blocked the salary-related changes in the...more

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Some States Forge Ahead On Salary Thresholds

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Since last November, employers have waited with bated breath for a resolution of the status of the U.S. Department of Labor's salary-threshold increase for an executive, administrative, professional, or derivative "white...more

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St. Louis Minimum Wage Ordinance Valid, Missouri High Court Rules

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A unanimous Missouri Supreme Court has upheld St. Louis City’s local minimum wage ordinance, reversing a trial court judgment that had enjoined and invalidated the ordinance in 2015. Cooperative Home Care, Inc. v. City of St....more

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New Rules, New Secretary? As Spring Inches Closer, We’re Getting Warmer.

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Will the Department of Labor’s new overtime rule go into effect? When will a new Secretary of Labor be confirmed? We don’t have the answers just yet, but a lot has happened over the last few weeks to inch us closer. As things...more

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Employment Law Navigator – Week in Review: January 2017 #2

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Last week, the Department of Justice issued a release describing efforts to increase diversity in law enforcement. The release states that “Underlying this work is a recognition that while greater workforce diversity alone...more

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You’re Hired: Labor Policy Under the Trump Administration and in the 115th Congress

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If personnel reflect policy, President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of Andrew Puzder as the next Secretary of Labor signals a turning point for labor and employment policy. The Chief Executive Officer of CKE Restaurants,...more

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Federal Overtime Rule Injunction Calls for State-Level Attention

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Many businesses let out a sigh of relief after a federal judge issued a preliminary injunction halting the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) final rule increasing the minimum pay requirements for exempt executive,...more

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CA State Minimum Wage Increases on January 1, 2017

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On January 1, 2017, the California minimum wage will increase for businesses with more than 25 employees from $10 per hour to $10.50 per hour. This is another step toward a $15 per hour minimum wage on January 1, 2022. You...more

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New York Employers Take Note: Federal Court Injunction Blocking the Federal Overtime Regulations Means Little in New York

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Proposed New York regulations will nearly approach the now-enjoined federal salary thresholds — and then leapfrog those amounts in subsequent years. Originally published in Daily Labor Report - November 30, 2016....more

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Another Year, Another Set of Laws: What California Employers Should Know

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In keeping with California’s reputation of being an employee-friendly state, Governor Brown has enacted a number of laws, most of which go into effect on January 1, 2017 (unless specified otherwise below), that place...more

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Federal Judge Suspends FLSA Overtime Rule

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On November 22, 2016, just 10 days before the Department of Labor’s final rule on overtime exemptions was to become effective, a federal judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction halting its implementation....more

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