The Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) is a federal law that establishes a standard minimum wage and overtime pay for eligible employees. The FLSA also provides that employers who violate its requirements can be held...more
On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule raising the salary threshold for so-called “white collar” exemptions to overtime regulations. The rule goes into effect July 1, 2024. Here’s what you...more
6/4/2024
/ Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Highly Compensated Employees ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Minimum Salary ,
Non-Exempt Employees ,
Over-Time ,
Salaried Employees ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
Earlier this week, the Federal Trade Commission issued a Final Rule banning noncompete agreements nationwide. Until this point, the law on noncompetes varied from state to state. Some states’ laws were quite favorable to...more
In January 2023, I wrote a piece on my predictions for what we might expect in the labor/employment law world in 2023. As 2023 draws to a close, let’s see how I did....more
While issues like PPP loans, the CARES Act, and vaccination mandates are largely in the rearview mirror, the workplace looks vastly different than it did three years ago. Some of these changes were brought about by COVID,...more
1/4/2023
/ Drug Testing ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Policies ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
Labor Shortage ,
North Carolina ,
State Labor Laws ,
Telecommuting ,
THC
On Thursday, January 13, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decisions on the Biden vaccine mandates. Specifically, two mandates were at issue: (1) the mandate that all employers with over 100 employees...more
1/17/2022
/ Biden Administration ,
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) ,
Constitutional Challenges ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employer Mandates ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Infectious Diseases ,
Lack of Authority ,
National Federation of Independent Business v Department of Labor and OSHA ,
OSHA ,
Popular ,
SCOTUS ,
Stays ,
Vaccinations ,
Virus Testing ,
Workplace Safety
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a new emergency temporary standard (“ETS”) today, effective immediately, with compliance required by December 5, 2021. The ETS will remain in effect for...more
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is the most sweeping anti-discrimination law ever enacted in the United States. By its express terms, it prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, religion, color, national...more
6/16/2020
/ Altitude Express Inc v Zarda ,
Bostock v Clayton County Georgia ,
Civil Rights Act ,
EEOC v RG & GR Harris Funeral Homes ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Gender Identity ,
Hiring & Firing ,
LGBTQ ,
SCOTUS ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Orientation ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Title VII ,
Transgender