Wage and Hour, Enforcement, Employment Policies

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

Conn Maciel Carey LLP on 6/11/2025

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

Saint Paul, Minnesota enacts “wage theft” ordinance

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 2/3/2025

Beginning January 1, 2025, the City of St. Paul, Minnesota’s Wage Theft Ordinance went into effect. The Ordinance largely incorporates the State of Minnesota’s existing wage theft legislation. However, similar to the...more

Preparing for Worksite Enforcement Investigations

Holland & Hart - Employers' Lawyers on 1/27/2025

Question: We are worried that there may be an increase in worksite enforcement investigations. What can we do in preparation?...more

Key Employment Law Issues Employers Need to Watch in 2025

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 1/15/2025

As the United States enters a new administration, changes in workplace regulations and enforcement priorities are on the horizon. For employers, this means staying prepared for potential shifts in federal policies, heightened...more

DOL Issues Guidance on PUMP Act for Nursing Workers

Perkins Coie on 7/11/2023

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2023-2 on May 17, 2023, to provide guidance to its field staff regarding enforcement of the Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act...more

Uncertainty Remains for Texas Paid Sick Leave Ordinances

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP on 1/28/2020

Over the past two years, city councils in three of the four largest cities in Texas — Austin, San Antonio, and Dallas — each have passed ordinances requiring local employers to provide their employees with paid sick leave. In...more