UPDATE: On 3 July 2024, the Northern District of Texas preliminarily enjoined the US Federal Trade Commission from implementing and enforcing its Final Rule banning non-competes against the US Chamber of Commerce, the...more
On 23 April 2024, the US Department of Labor (DOL) announced a Final Rule raising the minimum salary and annual compensation thresholds to qualify for the executive, administrative, or professional (White Collar) exemptions...more
Pay equity has been a hot topic in employment law in recent years. Now, laws requiring disclosure of pay scales are viewed as the next step towards achieving equal pay for equal work across genders, races, and nationalities....more
On September 19, 2016, Seattle became the second local jurisdiction to enact a “predictive scheduling” or “secure scheduling” ordinance that allows the jurisdiction to restrict how retailers and restaurants schedule their...more
Employers in the hospitality industry should act now to address recent changes to the overtime exemptions for “white collar” employees. Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its highly anticipated final...more
The United States Supreme Court recently ruled in Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Bouaphakeo, No. 14-1146, --- S. Ct. ---, 2016 WL 1092414 (U.S. Mar. 22, 2016), as to when a plaintiff may use statistical sampling in seeking to certify a...more
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