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Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Negates Ruling on Federal Contractor Minimum Wage

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 4/2/2025

On March 28, 2025, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated its previous ruling that permitted a $15 per hour minimum wage for federal contractors, shortly after President Donald Trump revoked the Biden administration rule...more

Do You Know What to Pay Your Work Force? New Decision Invalidates the Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Rule

Dorsey & Whitney LLP on 11/21/2024

Employers with Federal contracts have experienced unique challenges in the past few years—from navigating the Federal contractor vaccine mandate to new rules related to sick leave and time off. One of the most significant...more

The New Federal Overtime Rule: What You Need to Know

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 9/25/2019

The U.S. Department of Labor issued its final rule amending the overtime regulations today, without any significant changes from the proposed rule the agency issued in March 2019. Here’s the bottom line....more

The Labor and Employment Horizon—2019

Jackson Walker on 1/24/2019

If there has been one constant in employment law over the last generation, it is change. The forecast for 2019 is no different. In Congress, the Supreme Court, and the Texas Legislature, employers can expect developments that...more

U.S. Labor Department Changes Position on Use of Tip Credit

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 11/19/2018

As previously reported in EmployNews, litigation involving pay for tipped employees continues to vex employers in the hospitality industry. Many of these cases involve varying interpretations of the Fair Labor Standards Act’s...more

New Federal Tip Rules Expected in October 2018

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace on 10/22/2018

Since 1966, Section 3(m) of the Fair Labor Standards Act permits an employer to take a tip credit toward its minimum wage obligation for tipped employees equal to the difference between the required cash wage (currently...more

Update: Tip Pooling by Restaurant Owners Remains in Flux

Goulston & Storrs PC on 12/7/2017

This past April, we reported on a recent Ninth Circuit ruling which upheld a 2011 Department of Labor (“DOL”) rule that prohibits restaurants from instituting tip-pooling arrangements that include both front-of-house staff...more

California Employers Find Little Solace After Trump’s Department of Justice Drops Defense of Obama Overtime Pay Rule

Payne & Fears on 9/12/2017

On September 5, 2017, the U.S. Department of Justice dropped its defense of a controversial Obama-era overtime exemption rule, just days after a federal judge in Texas issued a nationwide permanent injunction blocking...more

Federal Judge Deals Another Blow To USDOL's "Overtime Rule" (Updated 09/07/17)

Fisher Phillips on 9/7/2017

A federal judge in Texas struck down the controversial Obama-era change to the federal Fair Labor Standards Act that was intended to substantially raise the minimum salary threshold required for employees to qualify for the...more

Tip-Pooling Restrictions Slated To Be Rescinded, Labor Department Announces

Fisher Phillips on 7/22/2017

The U.S. Department of Labor plans to propose a full rescission of the controversial tip-pooling restrictions impacting employers who pay tipped employees the full minimum wage directly sometime in August, according to a...more

2016/2017 Labor & Employment Observer

Cozen O'Connor on 1/12/2017

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

So Long, Secretary Perez: DOL Head's Goodbye Message

Franczek P.C. on 1/10/2017

Last week, outgoing Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez released a farewell “Memorandum to the American People.” It mostly reads as a recap of the DOL’s news releases over the past several years, touting various DOL initiatives...more

Workplace Policy Institute Insider Report - December 2016

Littler on 12/5/2016

Littler's WPI Insider Report details key labor, employment, and benefits news and events at the federal, state, local, and global levels. The December edition of the Insider Report discusses recent efforts to block...more

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