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Policy Week in Review – May 2025

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U.S. DOL Pauses Enforcement of Biden-era Independent Contractor Rule  - On April 29, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a press release announcing new guidance on how to determine employee or independent contractor...more

McCarter & English, LLP

Antitrust Guidelines for Worker-Related Business Practices: How to Stay on the Right Side of Antitrust Hiring Laws During the...

The Department of Justice Antitrust Division (DOJ) and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (together, the Agencies) issued Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities Affecting Workers (2025 Guidelines) in January. The 2025...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

The DOJ and FTC Release New Guidance for Business Activities Affecting Workers

On January 16, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) Antitrust Division and the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) (together, the Agencies) released the Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities Affecting Workers (Guidelines),...more

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DOJ, FTC Issue Updated Antitrust Guidance for Employers on Business Activities Affecting Workers

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On Jan. 16, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission jointly issued new Antitrust Guidelines for Business Activities Affecting Workers, replacing the 2016 Antitrust Guidance for Human Resource...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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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. In order to ensure you stay on top of the latest changes and have an action plan...more

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[Webinar] 2024 Recent Developments in Labor & Employment Law - June 12th, 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm ET

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Join Dinsmore attorneys Brian Moore and Esha Simon as they discuss updates in Labor & Employment Law for 2024. This webinar will focus on: - Department Of Labor’s Rule on Overtime Exemptions - Department Of Labor’s...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

SuperVision - Labor & Employment Law Insights, Issue 1, April 2024

Welcome to our first SuperVision e-newsletter of 2024. Although we are only four months into 2024, it has already been an incredibly active year on the labor and employment front. On Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission...more

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The Top Five Employment Law Issues Employers May Face In 2023

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In this Legal Alert, we review some of the hot topics in employment law that employers should watch out for as we move forward into 2023. Legislative and regulatory developments affecting the workplace across the country are...more

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FTC Proposes Regulations Barring Non-Compete Agreements

On July 9, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive Order requesting that agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), issue rules banning employers from entering non-compete agreements with employees. Following...more

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The Top 16 Workplace Law Stories from September 2022

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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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FTC Sends Strong Antitrust Warning to Gig Economy Businesses

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The Federal Trade Commission just announced that it will put gig economy businesses in its crosshairs by cracking down on worker misclassification and other alleged antitrust misdeeds – the second such attack by the same...more

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Oh My! Yet Another Collaboration Between Federal Agencies On The Independent Contractor “Situation.”

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I have been worried for some time now about the threat of increasing cooperation between agencies, federal and state, when it comes to assessing independent contractor status. ...more

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Beltway Buzz - July 2022 #5

Report on EEO-1 Data Confirms Flaws Yet Recommends Expansion. On July 28, 2022, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine titled...more

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Massachusetts High Court Issues Three Major Wage and Hour Decisions

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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently issued three decisions with significant implications for employers in the commonwealth, holding that (1) when an employer pays wages to an employee after the deadlines...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

Biden Time: Not Much For Employers To Cheer About

Tougher EEOC and OFCCP, a legal challenge at NLRB, and more. NOTE FROM ROBIN: In this limited-edition "Biden Time" series, I provide regular updates on the new President's appointments and other actions that will be of...more

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Financial Daily Dose 10.23.2020 | Top Story: CA Appeals Court Tells Uber and Lyft to Treat Drivers as Employees

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A California appeals court has affirmed a lower court decision requiring Uber and Lyft to “treat their California drivers as employees, providing them with the benefits and wages they are entitled to under state labor law.”...more

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Federal Court Denies Class Certification of 7-Eleven Franchisees in Misclassification Suit

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A recent decision from a federal court in Massachusetts is a significant victory for franchisors who continue to face lawsuits alleging they have misclassified their franchisees as independent contractors rather than...more

Cozen O'Connor

The State AG Report Weekly Update September 2018 #4

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2018 AG Elections- Cozen O’Connor State AG Election Tracker Now Features 2018 Election Predictions- Cozen O’Connor’s State AG Election Tracker now features predictions for the 31 AG elections occurring on November 6,...more

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Employment Flash - April 2018

This edition of Employment Flash looks at recent court decisions, including the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings on cases relating to the definition of a whistleblower and exemptions from the overtime pay provisions. This edition...more

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Transportation Developments in Year 1 of the Trump Administration - President Touts New $1.5 Trillion Infrastructure Plan; A...

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In January 2017, Holland & Knight Transportation & Infrastructure lawyers and senior advisors prepared 20 posts for the 20 days leading to President Donald Trump's inauguration regarding what to expect from the Trump...more

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2016/2017 Labor & Employment Observer

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Activist NLRB Created More Problems For All Employers in 2016 - What Happens Under President Trump? During 2016, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) maintained its generally pro-union, anti-employer...more

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That is SO last week - July 2015 #3

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There’s just no rest for employment lawyers this summer. We had another exciting week. The biggest news was the EEOC’s ruling that Title VII prohibits discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. The agency found that...more

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