News & Analysis as of September 26, 2024

Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

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The National Labor Relations Board is an independent agency of the United States federal government created in 1935 as part of the National Labor Relations Act. The Board consists of five presidentially-appointed members, who are charged with overseeing union elections and hearing complaints of unfair labor practices under the NLRA. less -

Beltway Buzz - August 2024 #4

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 9/3/2024

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

FTC Again Signals Strong Focus on Independent Contractor Misclassification Actions

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 3/1/2024

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) continued its steady march toward broadening its enforcement over labor and employment conduct using antitrust laws in early February when Commissioner Alvaro Bedoya declared that the...more

Beltway Buzz - November 2023

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 11/6/2023

POTUS Issues Executive Order on AI Framework. On October 30, 2023, President Biden issued the “Executive Order on the Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence” (EO). According to its...more

Oh My! Yet Another Collaboration Between Federal Agencies On The Independent Contractor “Situation.”

Fox Rothschild LLP on 8/12/2022

I have been worried for some time now about the threat of increasing cooperation between agencies, federal and state, when it comes to assessing independent contractor status. ...more

OFCCP Week In Review: July 2022 #4

DirectEmployers Association on 7/25/2022

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

Top Five Labor Law Developments for January 2022

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 2/7/2022

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

August 2016 Independent Contractor Misclassification and Compliance News Update

Troutman Pepper on 9/9/2016

This month’s news update includes three initiatives by the U.S. Department of Labor to combat IC misclassification. The first was the issuance of a new page on the DOL website called “Misclassification Mythbusters.” We...more

The Death of the Individual Independent Contractor: A Growing Trend Points to an Uncertain Future

Jaburg Wilk on 10/30/2015

It should come as no surprise that the workplace environment is rapidly changing. In the past, many industries have routinely hired temporary or part time workers and called them independent contractors. After all, it is a...more

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