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CFPB comments on California proposal to supervise providers of earned wage access products

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has sent a letter to the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) commenting on the DFPI’s proposal that would require providers of “income-based advances”...more

Jenner & Block

Client Alert: Navigating the EWA Regulatory Landscape

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I. Introduction: EWA on the Precipice - The increasing use of earned wage access (“EWA”) by workers in the United States and around the world has helped to bring financial flexibility to many previously constrained by the...more

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DOL Issues Opinion Letter on Compensability of Travel Time for Teleworkers

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On December 31, 2020, the Administrator of the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division issued an opinion letter addressing whether certain travel time that occurs on a partial telework day is compensable under the FLSA....more

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If Pain (or Anything Else), Yes Gain—Part 76: Nevada Labor Commissioner’s Office Releases Guidance on Paid Leave Law

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Seyfarth Synopsis: In June 2019, the Nevada Paid Leave Law (“PTO Law”) went into effect “for the purpose of adopting any regulations and performing any other preparatory administrative tasks necessary to carry out [its]...more

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There Is No Delay When It Comes to FMLA: Union Workers Cannot Delay FMLA Leave According to Recent DOL Opinion Letter

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The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. Department of Labor has issued guidance that collectively-bargained leave policies cannot supersede the requirements of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), even if the...more

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If Pain, Yes Gain—Part 63: Do Michigan’s Paid Sick Leave Law Lame Duck Amendments Have a Leg to Stand On?

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Michigan’s Paid Medical Leave Act went into effect on March 29, 2019, but will it remain valid law? The Michigan Supreme Court is considering whether the state legislature’s action amending the law was...more

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Worker Classification in Massachusetts: Uber Drives Attention to Employees vs. Contractors

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Uber Technologies, Inc. continues to fight claims all over the world that it should treat drivers it matches with passengers as employees rather than independent contractors. Since the business of on-demand employment is...more

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