As many businesses approach the 30-day mark for “remote working” by the vast majority of their workforces, and debate rages on about how long sheltering in place might be required to effectively combat the community spread of...more
The EEOC has announced that it has temporarily stopped issuing right-to-sue letters for the foreseeable future due to the COVID-19 pandemic unless a charging party specifically asks the agency to issue the notice....more
Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor published temporary regulations describing how businesses employing less than 50 employees can take advantage of the carve-out included in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act...more
Tomorrow (April 1), the Families First Coronavirus Response Act becomes effective and requires employers of 500 or less employees to provide paid sick leave and paid FMLA to all employees for certain qualifying reasons, most...more
With coronavirus effectively shutting down normal operations for many stores and restaurants, owners have begun to transform their business model to include a significant delivery service component; turning hosts, servers,...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that the Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (COVID-19 FMLA Leave) and the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (COVID-19 Paid Sick Leave) components of the Families First...more
The nation’s employers have been closely following HR 6201, the U.S. House of Representatives bill that initially provided paid family and medical leave as well as paid sick leave to employees during the coronavirus...more
Over the weekend, the U.S. House of Representatives passed sweeping legislation designed to assist a large segment of the nation’s workforce whose ability to work is or may become impacted by the coronavirus (COVID-19)...more
3/17/2020
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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to increase the minimum salary for certain “white-collar” administrative, professional, and executive employees to be classified as “exempt” salaried...more
3/12/2019
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Employees must report suspected securities fraud violations to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to benefit from the anti-retaliation provisions in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act...more
2/27/2018
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An appellate court has denied Miami Beach’s latest effort to establish a mandatory minimum wage for employees in that city.
Earlier this year, Miami Beach’s minimum wage law, which was intended to raise the mandatory...more
Florida’s minimum wage will increase effective January 1, 2018 as follows:
- Florida’s minimum wage will increase by 15 cents from $8.10 to $8.25 per hour.
- Florida’s minimum wage for tipped employees will increase by 15...more
Employees – and unsuccessful applicants for employment – are increasingly asserting claims under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) for violations arising out of background checks conducted by third party credit reporting...more
The Obama-era overtime rule that was temporarily enjoined at the eleventh hour last fall has been permanently struck down as invalid. In late November 2016, a federal court in Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction...more
Employees – and unsuccessful applicants for employment – are increasingly asserting claims under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) for violations arising out of background checks conducted by third party credit reporting...more
In addition to selecting a new President, Florida voters approved Amendment 2, which amends the Florida Constitution to legalize medical marijuana for use by individuals with specific debilitating medical conditions, as...more
Last week, a federal court issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) that temporarily blocks the implementation of the DOL’s new overtime rule, which was scheduled to take effect on...more
11/28/2016
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The U.S. Department of Labor’s new overtime rule will take effect December 1st unless a federal judge in Texas issues an injunction after a hearing next week in an action challenging the rule. In the meantime, employers must...more
11/10/2016
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Florida’s minimum wage will increase effective January 1, 2017 as follows:
- Florida’s minimum wage will increase by five cents from $8.05 to $8.10 per hour.
- Florida’s minimum wage for tipped employees will...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), at the direction of the White House, issued the long-anticipated final rule that substantially increases the minimum pay threshold necessary for certain “white-collar” administrative,...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), at the direction of the White House, issued the long-anticipated final rule that substantially increases the minimum pay threshold necessary for certain “white-collar” administrative,...more
The U.S. Department of Labor’s new overtime rules, which exponentially expands the number of workers eligible for overtime, are currently under review by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). This means the...more
Once upon a time, an employer could respond to an EEOC Charge of Discrimination and include all manner of responsive documents, secure in the knowledge that the Charging Party would never see the position statement, including...more
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity (“DEO”) has announced that the minimum wage in Florida will remain at $8.05 per hour for 2016. The minimum wage for employees who earn tips will remain at $5.03 per hour....more
Employers should take note of this week’s U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding workplace accommodations to pregnant employees. The question presented was whether the federal Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) requires...more