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Conn Maciel Carey LLP

Leadership Updates and a New Opinion Letter Program Confirm the U.S. Department of Labor’s Increased Focus on Compliance...

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The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently named several political appointments to its Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”). Employers know WHD is an entity with vast enforcement authority, including over minimum wage and...more

Smith Anderson

Major Changes Now in Effect to Davis-Bacon and Related Acts

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For the first time in almost 40 years, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) has finalized comprehensive changes to regulations covering the Davis-Bacon Act (“DBA”) and 70 “DBA Related Acts,” federal wage regulations that...more

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[Webinar] Contractor crunch time: Responding to OFCCP’s new initiatives on pay equity, compliance certification, audits, and more...

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Join the Hogan Lovells Employment and Government Contracts teams on Tuesday, May 10, 2022 for a discussion on significant developments for federal supply and service contractors, including from the Department of Labor's...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Federal Contractors Must Pay Workers At Least $15 Hourly According to New Department of Labor ‎Rule

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Starting January 30, 2022, new federal contracts that are not procurement contracts must include a clause requiring federal contractors to pay at least $15 per hour to workers performing work on or in connection with the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Coming (Mostly) Soon: The $15 Per Hour Minimum Wage for Government Contractor Service Employees

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued the final rule implementing President Joe Biden's Executive Order, "Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors," imposing a $15 minimum wage for a wide swath of...more

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Chief Justice Denial of Stay Request Clears Way for New FLSA Regulations Affecting Home Care Agencies to Go Into Effect October...

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On October 6, 2015, Chief Justice John Roberts of the Supreme Court of the United States summarily denied the emergency stay application filed by the association plaintiffs in Home Care Association of America v. Weil. In the...more

Carlton Fields

The Benefits of Settling Employee Wage Claims Through the Department of Labor

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The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), as construed by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in its extensive regulations promulgated under the Act, governs federal wage and hour law. Where an employer is an enterprise engaged in...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

DOL Delays Enforcement Of Companionship Exemption Rule, But Private Lawsuits Against Employers Can Carry On

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On October 9, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor announced that it would delay enforcement of the 2013 Final Rule regarding the companionship exemption to the minimum wage and overtime requirements of...more

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DOL Issues Proposed Rule On New Minimum Wage For Some Federal Contractors

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Today the U.S. Department of Labor issued its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to implement the new minimum wage for certain federal contractors based on the Executive Order that President Obama signed on February 12. The Notice...more

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