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Long-Term Part-Time Employee Eligibility Rules Now in Effect – Are You Ready?

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The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (SECURE 1.0) requires plans to permit employees who work at least 500 hours but less than 1,000 hours in three consecutive 12-month periods to make elective...more

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Rewind, revise and clarify: DOL takes aim at independent contractor regs

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This week, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a revised proposed regulation that provides guidance on whether workers are properly classified as independent contractors (who are not covered by the Fair Labor Standards...more

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Minimum Wage Increase for Federal Government Contractors Due to Inflation

In April of 2021, President Biden issued Executive Order 14026, which increased the minimum wage for employees of federal government contractors to $15. The Executive Order provided that this minimum wage would be adjusted to...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

New Is Old Again: DOL Seeks Return to Past Rule for Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Calculations

The Department of Labor (DOL) recently proposed new federal regulations regarding how minimum wages will be calculated for federal construction projects. DOL’s new proposal will add to the cost of performing these projects....more

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Beltway Buzz - July 2021 #4

Senate Committee Examines PRO Act. On July 22, 2021, the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing entitled “The Right to Organize: Empowering American Workers in a 21st Century...more

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Proposed Regulations Implementing $15 Hourly Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Executive Order

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The Department of Labor (DOL) is publishing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) detailing proposed regulations implementing new minimum wage requirements that certain federal contractors must pay workers performing work...more

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DOL Proposes New Tip Credit Rule

On June 23, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to limit the amount of non-tip producing work that a tipped employee can perform when an employee is taking a tip credit.  ...more

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US DOL Seeks to Clarify Fluctuating Workweek Pay Method

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Under the current U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) regulations, if certain conditions are met, an employer may pay an employee who works fluctuating hours a fixed salary for all hours worked and then an additional half-time for...more

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DOL Issues Proposed Regulations on Handling Tips and the “80/20 Rule”

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Over a year after Congress amended the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to clarify tip ownership questions, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) finally published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on October 8, 2019, with proposed...more

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USDOL Issues Proposed Changes to the Tip Credit Regulations

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Employers that utilize the “tip credit” in the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), or whose employees receive tips, should carefully consider regulatory changes that were proposed by USDOL today. While many of the...more

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Three Proposed Regulations That Should Be on the Hospitality Industry's Radar

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The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) has issued three sets of proposed regulations that significantly impact the Hospitality industry. ...more

Bond Schoeneck & King PLLC

The U.S. Department of Labor Issues New Proposed Regulations on Joint Employer Status

On April 1, 2019, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") announced a proposed update to its joint employment regulations, which is the first significant revision to the DOL's joint employment rules...more

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DOL Proposes Updated Regular Rate Rules

Even at a gathering of employment lawyers, HR professionals, and compensation veterans, one of the easiest ways to clear the room is to begin a discussion on the regular rate of pay. Few other topics, even within the general...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

NYSDOL Proposes New Regulations Relating to an Employee’s Entitlement to Call-In Pay

In January 2018, we issued an advisory regarding proposed regulations from the New York State Department of Labor (the “NYSDOL”) revising the “call-in” pay requirements of the Minimum Wage Order for Miscellaneous Industries...more

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New York Once Again Takes Aim At Employee Scheduling Practices

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The New York State Department of Labor recently issued proposed regulations seeking to curb on-call scheduling, “call-in” shifts, and last-minute shift changes. The proposed regulations endeavor to provide employees with more...more

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Serenity Now – Looking Back On USDOL's Actions Mid-Year, And A Sneak Peek At What Might Be Coming

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We are almost half way through 2018, and this year has been filled with fast and furious changes at USDOL. Proposed tip credit changes (Check, including a reaction from Congress and more tip credit changes on the horizon)....more

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Tip Regulations: The Fundamental Legal Issue

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This week marked the close of the period for public comment on the U.S. Department of Labor's (USDOL) proposed rescission of the hotly-debated regulatory text that, essentially, extended certain tip credit restrictions to...more

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NYSDOL Proposes Regulations Enhancing an Employee’s Entitlement to Call-In Pay

The New York State Department of Labor (the “NYSDOL”) has proposed regulations revising the “call-in” pay requirements of the Minimum Wage Order for Miscellaneous Industries and Occupations (“Wage Order”). Covered employees...more

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The DOL Serves Up a Major Overhaul of its Tip-Sharing Regulations

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Citing a “significant amount of private litigation,” recent changes in state wage laws, and “independent and serious concerns” of public policy, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is proposing to rescind an Obama-era rule...more

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USDOL Seeks To Narrow Tip-Retention Prohibition

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We have previously written about the U.S. Department of Labor's position adopted in 2011 saying that an employer may not retain any of an employee's tips even if management: • Takes no tip-credit under the federal Fair...more

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New York State to Address Employee Scheduling

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New York City’s Fair Workweek Law takes effect on November 26, 2017, thereby limiting the scheduling options and reducing the flexibility of retail and fast food employers. Not to be outdone, New York State is about to add...more

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PilieroMazza Legal Advisor - Fourth Quarter 2015

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More Small Business Subcontracting Plan Changes: SBA Proposes to Allow Subcontracting Plan Credit for Small Business Subcontractors at any Tier - Following recent proposed changes to the FAR’s small business...more

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Proposed Overtime Regulations Will Likely Affect Your Dealership

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The United States Department of Labor (USDOL) recently announced proposed revisions to some of the most commonly used exemptions to minimum wage and overtime, saying it will “extend overtime protections to roughly five...more

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DOL Will Not Extend Comment Period on Proposed Regulations

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In July, we wrote about the Department of Labor’s proposed changes to the regulations governing the white collar exemptions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The current regulations governing these exemptions—executive,...more

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Major Changes to Overtime Regulations for "White Collar" Workers

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On July 6, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued proposed new regulations that will significantly change the law governing certain “white collar” workers who are exempt from minimum wage and overtime pay. All...more

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