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Employer Liability Issues State Labor Laws Opinion Letter

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Workplace Law Update: 10 Essential Items on Your July To-Do List

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It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law, especially since the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace. To ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan for...more

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Department of Labor: Managers Must Keep Their Fingers Out of the Tip Jar – Even When They Helped Earn the Tips

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The DOL Wage & Hour Division issued its first Opinion Letter of 2025 (FLSA2025-1) on January 14, 2025, stating that managers and supervisors, no matter their duties during a particular shift, cannot participate in employee...more

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Remote Work Arrangements Pose Travel-Related Reimbursement Challenges for Massachusetts Employers

For many employers in Massachusetts, remote work has become part of the new normal, with nearly a quarter of employees in the state having worked remotely in 2021, according to one recent media report. While such arrangements...more

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DOL Issues Clarification Regarding Compensability for Voluntary Training/Continuing Education

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently published an opinion letter explaining compensability under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of time spent in voluntary continuing education programs. In FLSA 2020-15, the DOL...more

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WPI Wage Watch: Minimum Wage, Tip, and Overtime Developments (January 2020 Edition)

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If January's minimum wage, tip, and overtime developments forecast what employers should expect throughout the remainder of the year, it could be a challenging 2020....more

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Employment Flash - September 2019

This edition of Employment Flash looks at a series of recent NLRB decisions, many of which apply to all employers, not just those with unionized employees. We also discuss other U.S. federal and state labor and...more

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Flurry Of Recent Developments On The Dynamex Front

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It’s been tough to keep up with developments concerning the fallout from the Dynamex case and California’s new ABC test for determining employee/independent contractor status. The past few months have seen several recent...more

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Web Exclusive: May 2019: The Top 17 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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ABC Test Applies To Labor Code Claims Related to California Wage Orders

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On May 3, 2019, the California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (“DLSE”) issued an opinion letter regarding the applicability of the ABC test set forth in Dynamex...more

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DOL Weighs in on Whether Gig Economy Workers are Employees or Independent Contractors

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The United States Department of Labor has provided good news for gig economy employers, telling one unidentified “virtual marketplace” employer that its service providers are properly classified as independent contractors....more

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December 2018: The Top 15 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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WPI Wage Watch: Minimum Wage, Tip and Overtime Developments (December Edition)

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Time on 2018 has just about run out, so without delay, here are the developments impacting the minimum wage, tips, and overtime that occurred in 2018’s final month....more

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Top 50 Workplace Law Stories Of 2018

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It’s hard to keep up with the news these days. It sometimes feels like you can’t step away from your phone, computer, or TV for more than an hour or so without a barrage of new information hitting the headlines—and you’re...more

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Web Exclusive: August 2018: The Top 15 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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II-34- Ten Things You Missed From Summer 2018

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We're back! This brand new episode addresses the 10 developments you may have missed from this past summer of 2018, including employees secretly recording the workplace, new non-compete legislation, the unstoppable #MeToo...more

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Web Exclusive - April 2018: 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 were an unprecedented number of changes all through 2017. And if the first four months...more

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The Employment Law Authority - January/ February 2018

Between September 26, 2017, when for the first time in nearly a decade Republicans controlled the majority at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and December 16, 2017, when Chairman Philip Miscimarra’s term expired...more

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