A recent Supreme Court decision clarified that discrimination claims brought by members of majority groups in so-called “reverse discrimination” cases cannot be subject to a heightened evidentiary burden. In Ames v. Ohio...more
6/13/2025
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Civil Rights Act ,
Diversity and Inclusion Standards (D&I) ,
Employees ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Employment Litigation ,
Job Promotions ,
Judicial Authority ,
Protected Class ,
Reverse Discrimination ,
SCOTUS ,
Statutory Interpretation ,
Title VII
As workers were leaving their offices for the Fourth of July holiday, the Northern District of Texas issued its much-anticipated order preliminarily enjoining the effective date of the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC)...more
On January 2, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a hotly anticipated final rule, which establishes a six-factor test for determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor for purposes of...more
1/17/2024
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Economic Realities Test ,
Employee Definition ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Final Rules ,
Freelance Workers ,
Gig Economy ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Labor Reform ,
Misclassification ,
Over-Time ,
Wage and Hour
On August 30, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking seeking to increase the white-collar exemption salary threshold — that is, the amount an executive, administrative, or professional employee...more
9/5/2023
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Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Labor Laws ,
Final Rules ,
Labor Reform ,
Non-Exempt Employees ,
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Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
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On February 21, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) reversed course from its own Trump-era precedent when it held that an employer’s offer of employee severance agreements with broad...more
The Biden administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division recently secured its first criminal conviction for a labor-side violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act after VDA OC LLC (VDA) entered a guilty plea....more
Q: Who are the newest members of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and what does their arrival mean for the future of micro-units? ...more