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Wednesday, we covered President Trump’s firing of Democratic FTC Commissioners Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter and explored whether a two-member Commission constitutes a quorum for the agency to take formal action....more
In a flurry of executive orders starting at inauguration, the Trump White House has dramatically shifted administrative agencies’ operations, including those of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and its...more
On November 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas struck down the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) final rule that was set to raise the minimum salary threshold for “white collar” employees to...more
Did you know that OSHA does not currently have a specific standard covering heat stress hazards? Rather, OSHA uses the General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, to impose requirements...more
A Department of Labor (DOL) proposed rule increasing the minimum salary threshold for exempt employees is projected to change the exempt status of approximately 3.4 million employees and go into effect as early as June 2024....more
As 2023 comes to a close, so did the notice-and-comment period for the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rule increasing the minimum salary required for employees to be exempt under any of the “White Collar...more
On August 30, 2023 the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced the much anticipated Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) which, if implemented, would increase certain otherwise salary exempt employees’ compensation under...more
What is the 8 and 80 overtime system? The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) generally requires covered employers to pay non-exempt employees overtime for all hours worked over 40 hours in a work week. However, the FLSA...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed new regulations that seek to increase the salary thresholds for overtime pay exemptions under the Fair Labor Standard Act (FLSA). If implemented, nearly 3.6 million employees...more
The Department of Labor, on August 30, 2023, proposed changes to the so-called “white collar” exemptions to the federal overtime regulations. If adopted and implemented, the proposed changes would result in millions of...more
On August 30, 2023, the United States Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, released a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to update and revise the regulations under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act regarding...more
Executive Summary: Under a new proposed rule from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), released on August 30, 2023, more than 3.4 million workers would be newly eligible for overtime pay unless employers pay a much higher...more
On August 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor proposed revisions to section 13(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA), which would result in millions of workers who are now exempt from overtime requirements being...more
On August 30, 2023, in one of the U.S. Department of Labor’s most highly anticipated rulemakings of the year, the Wage and Hour Division announced the details of its forthcoming Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the...more
Joint-Employer Doctrine under the National Labor Relations Act - Under the joint-employer doctrine, an individual may be considered an employee of an entity that is not the individual’s formal employer. If a company is a...more
On September 6, 2022, the U.S. National Labor Relations Board delivered employers a slightly belated Labor Day “present” – a proposal to revise yet again its standard for determining joint-employer status under the National...more
With summer underway, employers in the state of Washington are reminded to follow the state’s new emergency outdoor heat exposure rules, which went into effect on June 15, 2022. These rules apply through September 29, 2022,...more
As we discussed here, members of the House Education and Labor Committee have been attempting to end-run the procedural hurdles that have prevented the Protect the Right to Organize Act (“PRO Act”) legislation from becoming...more
In recent weeks, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has signaled efforts to increase its scrutiny of work activities that may expose workers to heat-related hazards. ...more
As part of the Biden Administration's efforts to protect workers, the White House announced formal efforts to address heat-related illnesses. The first step is OSHA's recent memo establishing an enforcement initiative to...more
On July 22, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed rule to implement and enforce Executive Order 14026, “Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors,” was published in the Federal Register. Executive Order...more
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has issued a proposed rule addressing conciliation based on the various laws it enforces, including Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities...more
While the proposed rule retains the “economic realities test,” it consolidates the existing factors used to guide analysis of independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act and focuses on two “core factors.”...more
NLRB Issues Final Joint Employer Rule. On February 26, the NLRB published its final rule governing joint employer status under the National Labor Relations Act. ...more
If January's minimum wage, tip, and overtime developments forecast what employers should expect throughout the remainder of the year, it could be a challenging 2020....more