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States Continue to Introduce Legislation Aimed at Restricting Noncompete Agreements

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After the nationwide injunction barring the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Noncompete ban, we reported that “employers can expect that states will continue to introduce legislation aimed at restricting the use of...more

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Q1 2025: Dutch employment law update

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In our continuous effort to keep you informed on legislative developments, we wish to highlight the current consultation phase for upcoming legislation. This phase is an important step in the legislative process, allowing...more

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New Year, New Laws - What New York Employers Need To Know for 2025

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The BakerHostetler Labor and Employment Practice Group keeps a close watch on new and upcoming employment and labor laws that can significantly impact our New York-based clients. Below we highlight some of the recently...more

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July is Still the New January! Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute’s Mid-Year Legislative Report

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Hot off the press – here is Littler’s mid-year report!  As federal regulators, states and cities continue to pass new workplace regulations through the calendar year, we summarize each state’s notable labor and employment law...more

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Legislation Introduced in Ohio General Assembly to Increase Minimum Teacher Salaries

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House Bill 411 has been introduced in the Ohio General Assembly to increase the minimum salary schedule for Ohio teachers that is found in Ohio Revised Code 3317.13. The proposed legislation would increase the teacher...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

The Push for Pay Transparency: New Laws in 2023

In 2021 and 2022, we saw a wave of pay transparency laws aimed at improving pay equity. It first started with Colorado in 2021, then New York City in late 2022. Recently, states such as California, New York, Washington, and...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New York City Issues First Round of Guidance Regarding Salary Transparency Law

On March 22, 2022, the New York City Commission on Human Rights (the “Commission”) issued its first round of guidance regarding the salary transparency law (the “Salary Transparency Law” or “STL”) currently scheduled to take...more

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Maine Legislation Would Raise Overtime Salary Threshold to More Than $57,000 in 2025

The Maine Legislature will soon consider a bill that would raise the salary threshold for overtime pay from $38,250 to $57,375 within three years. If enacted, Legislative Document (L.D.) 607 would increase the threshold for...more

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California Announces 2020 Compensation Rate for Computer Professional Exemption

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As of January 1, 2020, California employers must ensure that compensation rates for computer professionals meet new salary thresholds....more

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WPI Wage Watch: Minimum Wage, Tip, and Overtime Developments (September Edition)

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You don't need to be an Earth, Wind, and Fire fan to realize September had all the elements necessary to make for a memorable month of developments concerning the minimum wage, tips, and overtime....more

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Dems Introduce Bills to Raise Salary Minimum for Overtime Exemption

The “Restoring Overtime Pay Act of 2019” (H.R. 3197, introduced by Rep. Mark Takano of California) would legislate, for the first time in U.S. history, the minimum salary for exemption under the EAP exemptions—a matter that...more

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WPI Wage Watch: Minimum Wage, Tip, and Overtime Developments (March Edition)

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It was a busy third month of 2019, so we will march right into discussing developments concerning the minimum wage, tips, and overtime....more

Jackson Walker

The Labor and Employment Horizon—2019

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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

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WPI Wage Watch: Minimum Wage & Overtime Developments (August Edition)

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Although the U.S. Department of Labor may steal the show in terms of August developments involving the minimum wage, tips, and overtime, states are by no means singing backup. State labor departments on opposite sides of the...more

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Travel Agencies Hail Proposed Legislation Providing Overtime Exemption, But Employment Bills in General Face Uphill Battle

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Last week Rep. Francis Rooney (R-FL) introduced a bill that would remove travel agents from the Department of Labor's list of workers that cannot qualify for the Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) overtime exemption for retail...more

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WPI Wage Watch: Minimum Wage & Overtime Updates (April Edition)

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The madness of March may be behind us, but April is no joke when it comes to minimum wage and overtime updates. Developments at the federal, state, and local levels could affect employer operations in the near or distant...more

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California Legislature Proposes State Overtime Bill - Measure is Similar to Federal Rule That Was Put on Hold by Court

A Texas federal court’s halting of the enforcement of a new federal overtime rule that increases the salary threshold to be considered an exempt employee on Nov. 22, 2016, has received ample press. Under the new Department of...more

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It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over – California Bill Would Increase Overtime Exemption Salary Threshold

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Employers nationwide breathed a collective sigh of relief when a federal district court judge in Texas enjoined the U.S. Department of Labor’s (USDOL’s) implementation of new minimum salary threshold requirements for the...more

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WPI Wage Watch: Minimum Wage & Overtime Updates (February Edition)

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The year’s shortest month contains a long list of minimum wage and overtime developments. Though to date in 2017 a minimum wage proposal has yet to pass a single state house, and measures in Mississippi, North Dakota,...more

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Countdown to New Overtime Rule

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NY DOL To Increase Salary Threshold for Exempt Employees

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As we all know, the revisions to the FLSA’s “white collar” exemptions will take effect December 1 and will increase the salary level required for the executive, administrative, and professional exemptions to $913 per week (or...more

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Update on Legal Challenges to DOL Regulations

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This year, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced new regulations that would double the minimum threshold for a salaried employee exempt from overtime from $455 per week to $913 per week (or $47,476). The regulations also...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

House Passes Bill to Delay Effective Date of Overtime Rule Change

The House of Representatives has passed a bill to delay the effective date of the new overtime rule by six months (from December 1, 2016 to June 1, 2017). ...more

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House Votes to Delay OT Rule But Employers Are Not Out of the Woods Yet

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Yesterday, the United States House of Representatives passed a bill, H.R. 6094 (the “bill” referred to as the Regulatory Relief for Small Businesses, Schools and Nonprofits Act), that would delay the effective date of the...more

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Is Proposed Legislation Likely To Slow Implementation of The New Overtime Regulations? Probably Not.

On May 18, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced the publication of its final rule updating its existing overtime regulations. The updated regulations are scheduled to become effective on December 1 of this year...more

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