The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission's (EEOC) issued its much-awaited final rule implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) on April 15, 2024. The PWFA requires employers to provide pregnant workers or...more
4/25/2024
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Covered Employees ,
Employee Rights ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
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Federal Labor Laws ,
Final Rules ,
Pregnancy ,
Pregnant Workers Fairness Act ,
Reasonable Accommodation ,
Undue Hardship
In a 6-3 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit's Sept. 9, 2021, en banc ruling that a highly paid employee was not an exempt executive under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)...more
In a decision that will impact pay practices in the oil and gas and many other industries in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and beyond, the en banc U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed on Sept. 9, 2021, that...more
9/15/2021
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Day-Rate Pay ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
En Banc Review ,
Energy Sector ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
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Oil & Gas ,
Over-Time ,
Salaried Employees ,
Split of Authority ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
In General Motors LLC, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) departed from recent cases condoning abusive employee behavior when accompanied by protected activity. (See previous Holland & Knight alert, "Recent NLRB...more