As anticipated, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its final rule amending the overtime regulations of the federal wage and hour law, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) yesterday, April 23, 2024. The new rule...more
On January 6, 2021, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule clarifying the standard for classifying a worker as an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This final rule adopts the...more
Although the Equal Pay Act (EPA) was enacted 56 years ago, pay (in)equity is still one of the leading human resource and employment-related legal concerns today. While there has been progress in narrowing the pay gap, women...more
The U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) highly anticipated changes to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) were published on Thursday, March 7, 2019 ("proposed Overtime Rule"). ...more
Since 2014 when President Barack Obama directed the DOL to “modernize” the overtime law, the new overtime rules were announced, published, revised, published again, finalized, legally challenged and then judicially blocked....more
Although the Trump Administration's Department of Labor (DOL) had been off to a slow and shaky start, Secretary R. Alexander Acosta is wasting no time. Exactly 40 days since his swearing in, yesterday Acosta withdrew the...more
This is a brief update to the court machinations in the DOL’s appeal of the Texas Court’s decision to issue a preliminary injunction barring the implementation of the Final Overtime Rule. That appeal is now before the Court...more
Employers finally have their reprieve. A federal court in the Eastern District of Texas granted a nationwide injunction blocking the enforcement of the FLSA overtime rule. Employers are no longer required to meet the December...more
Employers around the country are busy trying to keep up with the fast and furious rule-making from the Department of Labor. From OSHA reporting requirements, the persuader and fiduciary rules and the new overtime regulations,...more
In this issue:
- Controversial Overtime Rule Comes in For a Landing
- What You Need to Know About Hospitality REITs
- The Legal Implications of Restaurant-Designed House Brand Craft Beers
- FDA Finalizes Revisions...more
After two years of wait, debate and overall angst for employers across the country, the new overtime rules were announced on May 18, 2016, and published in the Federal Register on May 23, 2016. As we discussed in an earlier...more
After two years of wait, debate and overall angst for employers across the country, the new overtime rules were announced today. The details of the rule are available, but final publication of the rule in the Federal Register...more
May 16th may be a significant day for employers across the country. After more than two years of debate, analysis and overall panic from employers across the country, this is the deadline that was widely reported when the...more
Buckle your seat belts: the new pay regulations may be coming out as early as this April or May. Yesterday, the Department of Labor (DOL) forwarded its proposed final overtime regulations to the White House's Office of...more
The financial services area received a defeat earlier this year when the United States Supreme Court in March upheld the Department of Labor's (DOL) Administrative Interpretation concluding that mortgage loan officers do not...more
9/28/2015
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In a March 13, 2014, memorandum, President Barack Obama directed the Department of Labor (DOL) to "modify," "streamline" and "simplify" the federal regulations regarding exemptions to overtime under the Fair Labor Standards...more
9/3/2015
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Employers across the country are trying to get their arms around the implications of the Department of Labor's (DOL) proposed changes to the overtime regulations. These proposed changes, which were published on June 30, 2015,...more
Employers across the country are trying to get their arms around the implications of the Department of Labor's (DOL) proposed changes to the overtime regulations. These proposed changes, which were published on June 30, 2015,...more
7/15/2015
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