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Republican-Backed Congressional Proposal in Congress Seeks to Allow Companies to Offer Benefits to Independent Contractors: April...

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Last month, the most significant legal development in the area of independent contractor (IC) compliance and misclassification was on Capitol Hill. Bill Cassidy of Louisiana, a Senate Republican who chairs the Senate Health,...more

Brooks Pierce

Counting Down to the New Year: Ten “Need-to-Know” Labor and Employment Developments of 2024

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2024 was yet another active year in the labor and employment landscape. While 2025 and the new administration could bring any number of changes to workplace laws and enforcement, the timing and extent of such changes is...more

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Ripples in the OT Waters: Considering the Downstream Effects of Reclassifying Exempt Employees

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Seyfarth Synopsis: With the DOL’s new overtime exemption rule weeks from taking effect, employers must consider the impacts of reclassifying exempt employees. Some potential impacts are obvious, others not so much. Proactive,...more

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DOL Raises Overtime Exemption Salary Threshold—Millions of Workers Soon Newly Subject to Overtime Laws

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Last week, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced its long-awaited final rule raising the minimum salary that certain employees must earn in order to be exempt from overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”)....more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

One Year Later: An Update on the PUMP Act and Right to Express Milk at Work

In just over a year following its enactment, employees across the country have filed a bevy of lawsuits, including class actions, alleging violations of the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (PUMP...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

I Haven’t Been Paying an Employee Correctly! Now What?

It is every employer’s nightmare: You find out that employees (or former employees) are claiming that they were not paid properly and are due overtime for the last two or three years. This primarily arises because you...more

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Department of Labor Releases Final Independent Contractor Status Rule

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On Tuesday January 9, 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) published its final rule setting forth how worker classification (i.e., whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor) will be determined by the agency...more

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U.S. Department of Labor Issues Final Rule on Independent Contractor Status Under the FLSA

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On January 9, 2024, the US Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule that provides revised guidance on whether a worker is properly classified as an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act...more

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Department of Labor Issues Final Rule on Independent Contractor Definition under the Fair Labor Standards Act

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Seyfarth Synopsis:  Yesterday the U.S. Department of Labor issued its final rule, attempting to define employee versus independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) (the “Final Rule”).  The Final...more

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DOL Publishes Final Rule on Employee or Independent Contractor Classification

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On Jan. 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced the upcoming publication of its final rule on how to analyze whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)....more

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The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Changes the Game for Expectant Mothers in the Workplace

This past year has brought with it expanded employment protections for new and expectant working mothers. These protections, in the form of two federal laws, alter the landscape for how employers can consider the needs of...more

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers

Breastfeeding Accommodations in the Workplace

The ability to pump breast milk in the workplace is protected by the FLSA. In 2010, the Break Time for Nursing Mother Act was passed as part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and amended the FLSA to include break time and...more

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Minimum Wage Increase for Federal Contractors

Effective January 1, 2024, the minimum wage for workers who perform work on or in connection with federal contracts will increase from $16.20 per hour to $17.20 per hour. This will apply to most federal contracts entered into...more

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Q3 Employment Law Updates: Enforcement Actions Bring Much for Employers to Consider

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The third quarter of 2023 has been pretty exciting as far as employment lawyers are concerned. Substantial regulations have been proposed and the pressure from federal agencies continues to rise. We will talk about some of...more

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Tips from Seyfarth: Challenge to DOL’s 80/20 Rule Likely to Head Back to the Fifth Circuit

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Seyfarth Synopsis: After a remand from the Fifth Circuit, a trial court has upheld the validity of the Department of Labor’s 2021 regulation codifying the 80/20 rule, raising the possibility of another appeal....more

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New Federal Laws Strengthen Protections for Pregnant and Postpartum Workers

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In December 2022, Congress enacted two new federal laws that protect employees and applicants who are pregnant or postpartum: the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing...more

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New Protections for Working Mothers: The PUMP Act

Nursing mothers now have pumped up rights at work. Congress recently passed the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers (PUMP) Act which went into effect on December 29, 2022, and expands the employment...more

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President Biden Signs PUMP Act into Law, Increasing Employers’ Privacy Obligations to Pregnant Employees

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In late December of 2022, President Joe Biden signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 (“the Act”). The Act contains a new privacy law called the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act,...more

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An Expansion of Federal Protections For Pregnant and Nursing Workers

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On December 29, 2022, President Biden signed the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”) and the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act (“PUMP Act”) as part of the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Spending Bill....more

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