Minimum Wage, Public Comment, Proposed Rules

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

Fisher Phillips on 7/9/2025

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

Labor Department Seeks to End Lower Minimum Wage for Workers with Disabilities: 6 Things Employers Need to Know

Fisher Phillips on 12/6/2024

The federal government wants to phase out the lower minimum wage that employers can pay to certain workers with disabilities, according to a proposal that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) just announced. Supporters of the...more

Aiming for Clarity, DOL Proposes to Update the FLSA’s “Joint Employer” Regulations

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 4/16/2019

Hoping to clarify when entities should be treated as “joint employers” under the FLSA, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently announced its intent to revise its so-called “joint employer” regulations under the Fair Labor...more

Department of Labor Releases Revised Rules For Employee Scheduling and "Call-in Pay"

Harris Beach Murtha PLLC on 12/21/2018

Revised rules from the New York State Department of Labor (“NYSDOL” or the “Department”) would impact many employers by expanding those situations for which an employee must receive "call-in pay." ...more

Food and Beverage Law Update: September 2018

Holland & Knight LLP on 9/14/2018

Labor and Employment - Jimmy John's Avoids Joint-Employer Finding in Worker Overtime Litigation - In In re: Jimmy John's Overtime Litigation, 2018 WL 3231273 (N.D. Ill. June 14, 2018), a federal district court ruled that...more

Web Exclusive December 2017: The Top 14 Labor And Employment Law Stories

Fisher Phillips on 1/9/2018

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 each month in 2017. December was no different,...more

Labor Department Proposes A Reversal Of Its Current Tip-Pooling Rules

Foley & Lardner LLP on 12/12/2017

On December 5, the Department of Labor published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to reverse its 2011 rule prohibiting employers from sharing tips obtained by service workers with non-tipped staff. The proposed rule would...more

USDOL To Propose Modified Tip-Pooling Regulation

Fisher Phillips on 7/24/2017

Readers will recall our prior posts regarding the U.S. Department of Labor's regulatory position adopted in 2011 saying that an employer may not retain any of an employee's tips even if it...more

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