Mid-Year Labor & Employment Law Update: Key Developments and Compliance Strategies
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Gag Clause Prohibitions
DOL Restructures: OFCCP on the Chopping Block as Opinion Letters Expand - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion - Forfeitures Under Fire
Independent Contractor Rule, EEO-1 Reporting, and New York Labor Law Amendment - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Navigating Contractor vs. Employee Classification
Work This Way: A Labor & Employment Law Podcast | Episode 45: New Leadership at Employment-Related Federal Agencies with David Dubberly of Maynard Nexsen
Multijurisdictional Employers, Part 1: Independent Contractors vs. Employees
Non-Competes Eased, Anti-DEI Rule Blocked, Contractor Rule in Limbo - Employment Law This Week® - #WorkforceWednesday®
#WorkforceWednesday®: New DOL Leadership, NLRB Quorum, EEOC Enforcement Priorities - Employment Law This Week®
The Labor Law Insider: What's Next for Labor Law Under the Trump Administration, Part I
The Implications of President Trump's EO on Gender Ideology: What's the Tea in L&E?
#WorkforceWednesday®: Federal Agencies Begin Compliance Efforts Under Trump Administration - Employment Law This Week®
Fostering Teamwork: Lessons From the Dynamic Duo of Monsters, Inc. — Hiring to Firing Podcast
#WorkforceWednesday®: Employment Law Changes Under President Trump - Employment Law This Week®
Employment Law Now VIII-158 - DEI Developments and Executive Coaching
Now Is the Time to Conduct I-9 Audits: What's the Tea in L&E?
Employment Law Now VIII-157 - Top 5 L&E Issues to Watch in 2025
Constangy Clips Ep. 6 - Federal Court Blocks DOL Rule: What Employers Need to Know
The Labor Law Insider - Elections Have Consequences: Labor Law Changes Anticipated Under Trump Administration, Part II
Each year, the AILA National Conference provides an invaluable opportunity to hear directly from government officials on immigration policies, operational updates, and agency priorities. Among the most anticipated sessions...more
The US Department of Labor has recently rolled back two critical Biden-era wage and hour practices. First, the DOL has stated that it will no longer enforce the 2024 Final Rule’s framework for determining employee or...more
Last week, U.S. Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer issued Order 08-2025 and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued a Bulletin explaining the Secretary’s Order. Importantly for federal...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is withdrawing a Biden-era proposal to end the practice of paying subminimum wages to workers with certain disabilities after determining that the agency lacks...more
On July 7, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) formally withdrew its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would have amended 29 C.F.R. part 525 by phasing out the issuance of certificates authorizing subminimum...more
They’ve all but shut the door, turned off the lights, and put up the “closed” sign. On July 2, Secretary of Labor Lori Chavez-DeRemer lifted the pause on investigations and enforcement of Section 503 of the Rehabilitation...more
Last week the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor (“WHD”) made a significant announcement concerning the available damages in administrative proceedings. In a field assistance bulletin it...more
The Department of Labor has taken two recent actions that indicate where the approach to retirement investment policy may go under the new administration....more
In case you missed it, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a News Release on Friday, June 27, 2025, announcing it would no longer seek liquidated damages during pre-litigation investigations or associated settlements (this...more
On June 27, 2025, federal government contractors received an email from OFCCP Director Catherine Eschbach offering them the “opportunity” to “provide information about their efforts to wind down compliance with the [Executive...more
In a letter dated June 27, 2025, sent to federal contractors and posted on its website, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced it is providing federal contractors the option to voluntarily submit...more
Positive news for employers: the Department of Labor (DOL) announced it will no longer enforce the 2024 Biden-era independent contractor final rule that aimed to reclassify gig workers as employees rather than independent...more
The US Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) position on the appropriateness of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investing strategies in ERISA-regulated retirement plans has ping-ponged for decades (as we’ve covered...more
Here’s the short version: the Department of Labor’s decision to reopen the Biden-era ESG rule is overdue—and welcome....more
Federal officials announced late Friday they were suspending enforcement of what it called “the Biden Administration’s burdensome 2024 farmworker rule,” effective immediately – news that should provide a measure of relief to...more
Well, that didn’t take long. In what’s becoming a routine political tug-of-war, the Trump administration (yes, back again) has rescinded the Biden-era Department of Labor (DOL) guidance cautioning plan sponsors against...more
On May 1, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Field Assistance Bulletin announcing that the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) will no longer enforce the 2024 independent contractor Final Rule previously established by the...more
On June 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced the relaunching and expansion of its opinion letter program (Program). The Program is designed to help the public understand their compliance obligations through...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently stated that it will not enforce an employee-friendly independent contractor rule implemented by the Biden administration in 2024 (“Biden Rule”). The Biden Rule made it more...more
With summer nearing, employers across North Carolina and the country are swelling their ranks with seasonal employees. This article aims to update employers about the current state of federal law for paying workers who work...more
In our recent client alert, “Texas Federal Court Allows an ERISA Fiduciary Challenge Against Alleged “ESG Investing” Without Any ESG Funds,” we reported that a Texas district court recently upheld Biden-administration...more
On May 28, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) began to articulate the Trump administration’s retirement policy priorities with its decisions to (i) end its defense of the Biden-era ESG rule in a long-running lawsuit...more
On May 28, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) provided updated guidance on two employee benefit plan-related investment areas: (1) cryptocurrency and (2) environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) investing....more
3 Under the Biden Administration, the Department of Labor ("DOL") had issued a rule that permitted ESG factors to be considered when making investments on behalf of 401(k) plans. (This rule had replaced an earlier one from...more
Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Model Deviation to FAR Part 10 - On May 22, the FAR Council released the model deviation text for FAR Part 10, Market Research. This deviation increases the flexibility of the...more