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Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

No Longer Doubling Down: DOL Will Not Seek Liquidated Damages in Wage Claims Before Suit

The call or visit that no employer wants to receive: a Department of Labor representative asking to look at your payroll records. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) gives the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

We Can Work It Out: U.S. Department of Labor Pauses Reliance on 2024 Independent Contractor Rule in its Enforcement of Independent...

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is again signaling changes in how it will evaluate independent contractor relationships in its enforcement actions. In 2024, the department issued a final rule that revised the standards...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

How the Latest NLRB Guidance Helps Employers Resolve Disputes

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Newly issued guidance from the NLRB encourages efficient resolution of labor disputes, giving employers more flexibility in crafting resolutions to reach practical compromises in appropriate cases. The memorandum also...more

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Businesses Get a Break: DOL Won’t Enforce 2024 Independent Contractor Rule

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The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will no longer apply the 2024 independent contractor final rule when analyzing whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The...more

Brooks Pierce

Update: DOL Investigators Directed Not to Apply 2024 Independent Contractor Rule

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New U.S. DOL Guidance on Independent Contractor vs. Employee Analysis -On May 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (“U.S. DOL”) Wage & Hour Division issued a field assistance bulletin (“FAB”) to guide investigators on...more

Vedder Price

U.S. Department of Labor Issues New FLSA Independent Contractor Guidance

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On May 1, 2025, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published FAB No. 2025-1, providing guidance to its field staff on the analysis to apply when determining whether a worker is an independent contractor or employee for...more

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Former EEOC Officials Issue Open Letter Regarding DEI

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Former Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) commissioners and legal representatives have authored an open letter addressed to the legal community in response to an EEOC document released on March 19, 2025, by Acting...more

American Conference Institute (ACI)

[Event] 40th International Conference on the FCPA - November 28th - 30th, National Harbor, MD

Hosted by American Conference Institute, the 40th International Conference on the FCPA returns for another exciting year with curated programming that shines a global spotlight on anti-corruption compliance challenges,...more

DarrowEverett LLP

Q3 Employment Law Updates: Enforcement Actions Bring Much for Employers to Consider

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The third quarter of 2023 has been pretty exciting as far as employment lawyers are concerned. Substantial regulations have been proposed and the pressure from federal agencies continues to rise. We will talk about some of...more

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