In 2016 and 2023, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced increases to the minimum salary threshold for the executive, administrative, and professional exemptions to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act...more
Recently, the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and employment law has become a focal point for legislators, regulators, and employers alike. As AI technologies continue to reshape hiring practices and workplace...more
8/15/2024
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Artificial Intelligence ,
Automated Decision Systems (ADS) ,
Bias ,
Compliance ,
Data Privacy ,
Data Security ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Ethics ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Human Resources Professionals ,
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The Federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) codifies the employment relationship as it relates to the payment of wages. Under the FLSA, employees generally must be paid an overtime rate of 1.5 times their regular rate of...more
As widely anticipated, on October 11, the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued a proposed rule revising its analysis of what constitutes an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act...more
It has been the source of speculation for some time that the standard for determining whether entities that have a business relationship are deemed for labor enforcement purposes to be joint employers will soon be revised. On...more
It has been the source of speculation for some time that the standard for determining whether a worker is correctly classified as an employee or an independent contractor will soon be revised. On December 27, 2021, the...more
With a new Presidential administration comes a new Secretary of the United States Department of Labor (DOL), Boston mayor Marty Walsh. Walsh was a former union president and state representative before becoming mayor. The new...more
Folks who follow the United States Department of Labor received notification on Monday, September 21, that a significant new rule would soon be announced on Tuesday morning. Secretary Eugene Scalia penned a press release sent...more
The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) codifies the employment relationship as it relates to the payment of wages. The United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) administers the FLSA through its Wage and Hour Division....more
The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) codifies the employment relationship as it relates to the payment of wages. The amount of overtime compensation for salaried employees is subject to certain exemptions, one of...more
On Tuesday, August 27, 2019, President Trump formally nominated Eugene Scalia to serve as Secretary of the United States Department of Labor. The Department of Labor is responsible for enforcing federal laws governing the...more
9/3/2019
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Opinion Letter ,
Over-Time ,
Paralegal ,
Presidential Nominations ,
Secretary of Labor ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
In June of 2015, in response to former President Obama’s mandate that it take steps to ensure that employees are compensated fairly, the United States Department of Labor released proposed changes to the overtime regulations...more
9/12/2018
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Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Minimum Salary ,
Over-Time ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Proposed Rules ,
State and Local Government ,
State Labor Laws ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
You thought it was dead – but the United States Department of Labor (DOL) announced on October 30 that it plans to appeal a Texas district court’s August ruling which invalidated the Obama administration’s overtime rule. The...more
On June 7, 2017, the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor withdrew two Administrator’s Interpretations issued during the Obama administration that took a broad view of the employment relationship...more
6/26/2017
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DirectTV ,
Employee Definition ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Independent Contractors ,
Joint Employers ,
Misclassification ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Over-Time ,
Staffing Agencies ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour
On January 25, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, which governs cases pending in North Carolina, issued two opinions which serve to clarify and expand the circumstances under which entities may...more
2/16/2017
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Contractors ,
DirecTV ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Gig Economy ,
Joint Employers ,
Popular ,
Subcontractors ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
Unpaid Wages ,
Wage and Hour