The Department of Labor (DOL) just rolled back a Biden-era practice of demanding that employers pay liquidated damages – in an amount equal to back pay – to resolve wage and hour investigations. The Trump administration...more
7/3/2025
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Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Field Assistance Bulletins ,
Investigations ,
Liquidated Damages ,
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Wage & Hour Division (WHD) ,
Wage and Hour
Philadelphia employers now face more investigations and stiffer punishment under a new law the mayor approved last week. The POWER Act, signed on May 27 and taking effect immediately, adds sweeping worker protections...more
6/4/2025
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Employer Responsibilities ,
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Notice Requirements ,
Paid Sick Leave ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
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Businesses that rely on freelancers or the “gig economy” have cause for optimism now that the Department of Labor just announced it will no longer enforce a Biden-era final rule that made it harder to classify workers as...more
5/6/2025
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Employer Liability Issues ,
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Freelance Workers ,
Gig Economy ,
Independent Contractors ,
Misclassification ,
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
Employers may need to adjust their pay practices now that the Labor Department has issued its long-anticipated proposal to raise the salary threshold for exempt employees – a change that could make more of your employees...more
The Department of Labor released new Davis-Bacon Act regulations on August 8 that significantly alter the methodology for setting prevailing wage rates for contractors and subcontractors working on federally funded...more
High-earning workers making more than $200,000 a year might be eligible for overtime pay thanks to a new Supreme Court ruling yesterday morning. The decision is a wake-up call for all employers to review their OT exemptions...more
Federal officials recently outlined prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements that projects need to adopt if they want to take advantage of the enhanced tax credits and deductions created by the Inflation Reduction Act...more
12/19/2022
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Carbon Capture and Sequestration ,
Construction Project ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Energy Efficiency ,
Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) ,
IRS ,
Physical Work Test ,
Prevailing Wages ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Renewable Energy ,
Tax Credits ,
Tax Deductions ,
Wage and Hour
Any business that retains independent contractors as part of their workforce may have a harder time maintaining their business model under a proposed rule that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) just released yesterday. The...more
10/12/2022
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For years now, healthcare employers have been particularly attractive targets when it comes to wage and hour compliance actions. Not only is the industry one of the largest in the country, there are some issues unique to...more
4/15/2022
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Health Care Providers ,
Healthcare Workers ,
Independent Contractors ,
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Misclassification ,
On-Call Employees ,
Over-Time ,
Rate of Pay ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
Traveling Employee ,
Unpaid Wages ,
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Wage and Hour
Federal wage and hour officials recently issued proposed rules that will make it easier for unions to have their hourly rates of pay established as the prevailing wage rates and will increase the Department of Labor’s...more
3/31/2022
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Construction Industry ,
Davis-Bacon Act ,
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Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) ,
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Retaliation ,
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Subcontractors ,
Unions ,
Wage & Hour Division (WHD) ,
Wage and Hour
The new leadership of the Department of Labor has strongly signaled its intent to pursue employers for claims of retaliation – which means that employers need to beef up their compliance initiatives to avoid committing a...more