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Wave of Deregulation Hits DOL: What Employers Need to Know About the 60+ Rules on the Chopping Block

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The U.S. Department of Labor just quietly launched one of the most sweeping deregulatory efforts in recent memory, advancing over 60 proposals that could reshape workplace rules across industries. From overtime and minimum...more

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Federal Government Contractors May No Longer Have 90 Days to Comply With Trump Administration’s DEI Executive Order

GSA FAR Class Deviations - Executive Order 14173, “Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity,” issued on January 21, 2025, caused immediate confusion for federal government contractors since their...more

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Employers Need Only Use ‘Preponderance of Evidence’ Test to Show Workers Are Exempt From FLSA, Supreme Court Rules

On January 15, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States held that employers need only demonstrate that an employee is exempt from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by a...more

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The Year in Labor & Employment – 2024 Popular Reads on JD Supra

A roundup of some of the most widely read news, analysis, and guidance published on JD Supra throughout 2024....more

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What Employers Should Know About Tobacco Surcharge Litigation

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Tobacco surcharges have become the focus of class action litigation in recent months. Although corporate wellness programs are commonplace, employers that impose a tobacco surcharge (or other premium discount) in connection...more

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FLSA Salary Exemption Hike Set Aside Nationally: What to Do Now?

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Earlier today, November 15, 2024, United States District Court Judge Sean D. Jordan of the Eastern District of Texas, granted summary judgment against the Department of Labor determining that the United States Department of...more

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Ninth Circuit Says Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Is Unlawful

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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled that the president lacks authority under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to set a federal contractor minimum wage, creating a split with other...more

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July is Still the New January! Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute’s Mid-Year Legislative Report

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Hot off the press – here is Littler’s mid-year report!  As federal regulators, states and cities continue to pass new workplace regulations through the calendar year, we summarize each state’s notable labor and employment law...more

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DOL Issues Artificial Intelligence Principles

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On May 16, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released a document entitled, “Department of Labor’s Artificial Intelligence and Worker Well-being: Principles for Developers and Employers.” The document outlines several...more

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DOL Cybersecurity Investigations: The Trap Door to Endless Document Requests?

Parties involved in a Department of Labor (“DOL”) Employee Benefits Security Administration (“EBSA”) investigation often ask a simple question: how much information am I obligated to provide the DOL in response to an...more

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COVID-19 Testing Coverage Requirements for Group Health Plans and Insurers to Take Effect on January 15, 2022

Employer health plans and health insurers will be required to cover over-the-counter (OTC) COVID-19 tests, even without a health care provider’s order or an individualized clinical assessment, and generally without cost...more

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Fiduciary Duty IS Coming to Privacy – Through Your Benefit Plans!

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While all businesses have been grappling with cybersecurity challenges for years, cybersecurity has recently come into focus for retirement plans, health and welfare plans and other ERISA plans due to a new Department of...more

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June 2021: The Top 19 Labor And Employment Law Stories

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more

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DOL Begins Its Cybersecurity Audit Initiative – And It’s a Doozy

We repeatedly warned over the past few months, that officials at the highest levels of the DOL were signaling that the DOL would begin an audit initiative focusing on retirement plan cybersecurity practices. ...more

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EBSA Speaks: New Guidance for Mitigating Retirement Plan Cybersecurity Risk

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On April 14, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL’s”) Employee Benefits Security Administration (“EBSA”) issued its first cybersecurity best practices guidance for retirement plans. The guidance is set forth in three...more

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ERISA Plan Sponsors – Watch Your Participants’ Data! DOL Issues New Cybersecurity Guidance for Retirement Plans

In response to a recent General Accounting Office (GAO) report recommending federal guidance to mitigate cybersecurity risks in retirement plans and to respond to ever-increasing cyber threats to plan participant data and...more

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DOL says workers may remain eligible for expanded unemployment benefits after refusing work due to COVID-19 safety concerns

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On July 21, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) advised state unemployment insurance administrators that workers who lost their jobs due to COVID-19 and then refuse work that would unreasonably expose them to the virus...more

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Hazard Pay During COVID-19 – Who May Be Entitled And What To Do Next

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The current COVID-19 crisis has many employees asking (if not demanding) that they receive additional compensation for work that may put them at an increased risk of exposure to the coronavirus.[i]  Although their requests...more

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Top 10 Developments and Headlines in Trade Secret, Non-Compete, and Computer Fraud Law for 2019 & 2020

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Continuing our annual tradition, we have compiled our top developments and headlines for 2019 & 2020 in trade secret, non-compete, and computer fraud law. Here’s what you need to know to keep abreast of the ever-changing law...more

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Is Foresight 2020? Employers Confront New Laws Taking Effect in the New Year

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As the year draws to a close, employers are assessing the next wave of labor and employment laws and regulations they will face in 2020 and beyond. Most new laws taking effect at the end of 2019 and throughout 2020 are at the...more

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April and May 2019 Independent Contractor Misclassification and Compliance News Update

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The past two months were two of the busiest ever in terms of judicial decisions involving claims of independent contractor misclassification, administrative and regulatory initiatives, and legislative developments. They are...more

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Oracle Granted Partial Summary Judgment in 401(k) Fees/Investment Option Case

The US District Court for the District of Colorado granted partial summary judgment to 401(k) fiduciaries, holding that ERISA’s six-year statute of repose barred some claims and rejecting challenges to the plan’s fees....more

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New York Appellate Court Delivers Big Win To Gig Economy Business

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On June 22, New York’s Third Department appellate court – which has jurisdiction over all state Unemployment Division appeals – issued a significant decision for “gig” economy companies with operations in New York. In Matter...more

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Third Circuit Rules That WARN Act's "Unforeseeable Business Circumstances" Exception Requires That Layoffs Be Probable, Not...

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In Varela v. AE Liquidation, Inc. (In re AE Liquidation, Inc.), 866 F.3d 515 (3d Cir. 2017), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit became the sixth circuit court of appeals to rule that a "probability standard"...more

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Employment Law This Week®: EEOC Online Public Portal, Paid Sick Leave Preemption Law, DOL to Appeal Texas Ruling, California Law...

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We invite you to view Employment Law This Week® - a weekly rundown of the latest news in the field, brought to you by Epstein Becker Green. We look at the latest trends, important court decisions, and new developments that...more

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