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Policy Week in Review – August 2025

The Littler WPI Policy Week in Review will pause for the August congressional recess and will return after Labor Day. Hiring Slowed to 73,000 Jobs in July - Employment increased by 73,000 jobs in July according to the...more

Policy Week in Review – July 2025 #1

“Big Beautiful” Reconciliation Bill Pending Final Passage in the House  Earlier this week, the U.S. Senate passed the reconciliation bill by a narrow vote of 51-50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote....more

Policy Week in Review – June 2025

U.S. Department of Labor Expands Opinion Letter Program  - In an effort to increase official guidance and provide compliance assistance to the regulated community, the U.S. Department of Labor expanded its opinion letter...more

Policy Week in Review – May 2025

U.S. DOL Pauses Enforcement of Biden-era Independent Contractor Rule  - On April 29, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a press release announcing new guidance on how to determine employee or independent contractor...more

Policy Week in Review – March 2025 #4

At a Glance - The Policy Week in Review, prepared by Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute (WPI), sets forth WPI’s updates on federal, state, and local matters, as well as Littler’s published in-depth analyses of the prior...more

Policy Week in Review – March 2025 #2

The Policy Week in Review, prepared by Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute (WPI), sets forth WPI’s updates on federal, state, and local matters, as well as Littler’s published in-depth analyses of the prior week....more

Policy Week in Review - February 2025 #3

The Policy Week in Review, prepared by Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute (WPI), sets forth WPI’s updates on federal, state, and local matters, as well as Littler’s published in-depth analyses of the prior week....more

Federal Court Strikes Down Rule Raising Salary Threshold for White Collar Overtime Exemptions

On November 15, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated and set aside the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)’s final regulation increasing the salary threshold for the “white collar” overtime...more

Texas District Court Narrowly Enjoins White-Collar Overtime Regulations

On June 28, 2024, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a limited injunction of the U.S. Department of Labor’s new regulations increasing the minimum salary that certain executive, administrative,...more

The Global Guide Quarterly - Quarter 4, 2023

Under the Fair Work Legislation Amendment (known as the Closing Loopholes Act), as of January 1, 2025, intentional underpayment of employees’ wages and certain benefits will be a criminal offense, with a maximum of 10 years’...more

U.S. Department of Labor Finalizes Independent Contractor Regulation

The U.S. Department of Labor published a final rule on January 9, 2024, defining “independent contractor” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The final regulation rescinds a 2021 rule defining the same term. In place...more

USDOL Finalizes Rule Making Big Changes to Davis-Bacon Enforcement

On August 8, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor published its final rule, calling for the most sweeping revisions to the rules governing Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) enforcement since the Reagan administration’s 1982 reforms....more

Treasury Department Issues Guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act’s Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship Requirements

On November 30, 2022, the U.S. Treasury Department published in the Federal Register its guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA) new prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements. Taxpayers seeking to qualify for...more

New Federal Tax Credits Require Compliance with New Prevailing Wage and Apprenticeship Mandates on Clean Energy Construction

On August 16, 2022, President Biden signed into law the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022. Among many other provisions, the IRA contains a new federal 30% tax credit for private construction, alteration or repair of...more

Department of Labor Proposes New Rule for Independent Contractor Status

On October 11, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor released a proposed rule to update the test for determining whether a worker is an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) or an independent contractor.  FLSA...more

WPI Labor Day Report 2022

I. The State of the U.S. Workforce - In the early months of the pandemic, jobs declined by a staggering 22.2 million. The good news is that jobs recovery has been on the rise since February 2020. In July, the number of...more

NLRB Proposes New Joint-Employer Standard That Would Dramatically Expand Scope of “Joint Employment” Under the National Labor...

On September 6, 2022, the U.S. National Labor Relations Board delivered employers a slightly belated Labor Day “present” – a proposal to revise yet again its standard for determining joint-employer status under the National...more

USDOL’s Proposed Rewrite of Davis-Bacon Enforcement Rules: Back to the 1970’s

On March 18, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a notice of proposed rulemaking in the Federal Register, calling for the most sweeping revisions to the rules governing Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) enforcement since...more

Federal Court Decision Protects Independent Contractor Status

On March 14, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas delivered a victory for businesses that utilize independent contractors, and for independent contractors themselves, when it held that the...more

Department of Labor Withdraws Joint Employer Regulations

On July 29, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor announced it was formally rescinding regulations issued by the prior administration defining “joint employer” status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).  ...more

Department of Labor Proposes to Roll Back Joint Employment, Independent Contractor Rules

On March 11, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL” or “the Department”) announced proposals to roll back two Trump administration regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA” or “the Act”)....more

House Passes Sweeping Labor Law Reform

On March 9, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Protecting the Right to Organize Act of 2021 (PRO Act) by a largely party-line vote of 225-206.  One Democratic Representative voted against the bill; five...more

Littler WPI’s Election Report: How Voters Have Shaped Workplace Policy

Although the 2020 presidential election is technically behind us, razor-thin and contested elections for the presidency and Congress remain, potentially drawing out the uncertainty through the new year. As of the date of...more

NLRB Joint-Employer Rule Restores “Substantial Direct and Immediate Control” Test

On February 25, 2020, the National Labor Relations Board released its long-awaited final rule regarding joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).  The final rule is scheduled to be published in the...more

DOL Issues Final Rule on Joint-Employer Status under Fair Labor Standards Act

On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its long-awaited final rule regarding joint-employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).  The final rule is scheduled to be published in the...more

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