Effective January 26, 2022, revisions to Section 740 of the New York Labor Law will substantially enhance protections for employee whistleblowing in a number of critical ways. BACKGROUND Until now, courts have construed the...more
While the proposed rule retains the “economic realities test,” it consolidates the existing factors used to guide analysis of independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act and focuses on two “core factors.”...more
9/25/2020
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Wage and Hour
The Virginia legislature ended its term by passing a host of new laws that expand liability for employers on a variety of critical wage and hour issues. Virginia’s legislative session—its first in more than two decades with...more
5/6/2020
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