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Everything Old is New Again: The Department of Labor Returns to the Past with Independent Contractors

It has been said that if you wait long enough, everything comes back into fashion. This saying is true even for the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), where on March 11, 2024, the DOL reverted back to the multifactor,...more

DOL Raises Salary Requirements for Overtime Exemptions

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced April 23, 2024 it will increase the minimum annual salary that is required to make certain white-collar employees to be eligible for overtime (often referred to as the executive,...more

FTC Bans Noncompetition Agreements

On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) approved on a split vote a proposed rule that bans virtually all employment noncompetition agreements nationwide. The rule was first proposed in 2023 and is scheduled to go into...more

SuperVision - Labor and Employment Law Insights, Issue 4, 2022

In this fourth and final issue of SuperVision for 2022, we asked our Spilman Team to highlight some of the big labor and employment developments from 2022 and to preview issues they expect to see in 2023. Consider this our...more

Avoiding the Latest Handbook Traps for the Unwary in the Age of Remote Work

Most employers know their employee handbooks need to be living documents that are reviewed and updated when conditions change. If any employer doubted the need for doing this, the past two years should have convinced them...more

SuperVision - Labor and Employment Insights, Issue 3, 2022

The NLRB Proposes to Re-Re-Revise Its Joint Employer Standard - On September 6, 2022, the National Labor Relations Board issued a notice of proposed rulemaking regarding the standard for determining joint employer status...more

Bill Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Claims Heads to President's Desk

Late yesterday, the United States Senate approved a bill that will ban employers from requiring employees to settle sexual harassment and sexual assault claims in arbitration without the option of filing a civil lawsuit. The...more

Vax or Test has Arrived

OSHA’s long-anticipated (as we have previously discussed) COVID-19 Emergency Temporary Standard ("ETS") is out and, as promised, it will require companies with at least 100 employees – across all facilities – to either...more

All Employers with 100 (or more) Employees Will be Required to Implement Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccines or Ensure Their Employees are...

The Biden administration is instructing the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to develop a rule that will require all employers with 100 or more employees to ensure their workforce is...more

Nursing Home COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate

President Biden is putting nursing homes on notice that all of their employees will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19, if the homes intend to continue participating in Medicare or Medicaid. The administration has...more

One Rule to Guide Them All: West Virginia Legislature Enacts Uniform Rule for Distinguishing Independent Contractors from...

For years, West Virginia businesses have had to consider varying standards for determining whether a worker is considered an employee or an independent contractor by state agencies. The West Virginia Legislature has attempted...more

Unprecedented: COVID-19 Litigation Insights, Volume 2, Issue 7

Welcome to this seventh issue of the 2021 edition of Unprecedented. There is a lot of good news around the COVID-19 pandemic. Easter weekend saw the United States mark another vaccination milestone, with 4 million doses...more

The American Rescue Plan Act Creates COBRA Subsidies and New Notice Requirements Beginning April 1

As part of the recently enacted American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARP”), certain COBRA eligible individuals are eligible for temporary premium subsidies April 1 to September 30, 2021. These subsidies will cover 100 percent...more

Tax Credits Remain in Place for Employers Who Provide COVID-19 Leave

The Families First Coronavirus Relief Act ("FFCRA") that mandated two weeks of paid sick leave for COVID-19 reasons – and extended the FMLA by protecting leave relating to the need for child care because of COVID-19 – expired...more

SuperVision - Labor and Employment Law Insights: Issue 1, 2021

We are pleased to bring you our first SuperVision issue of the year. 2021 is anticipated to be a year of changes -- from a new presidential administration to a new phase of COVID-19 and vaccines -- and we are embracing that...more

Congress Briefly Extends Part of the FFCRA

The Families First Coronavirus Relief Act ("FFCRA") was passed by Congress this spring to mandate two weeks of paid sick leave for COVID-19 reasons and to extend the FMLA by creating a new reason for FMLA leave relating to...more

Get Keen on the Vaccine: Considerations for Employers Considering a Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccine [Video]

With the release of new COVID-19 vaccines comes hopes of a return to "normalcy" and new concerns for how to protect your workforce. Can you make vaccines mandatory for your employees? If so, what considerations must you take...more

What Can We Expect from a Biden Administration?

As President-elect Joe Biden begins to transition into the Oval Office, employers cannot help but look ahead to what the next four years may hold. Although a Biden administration may be limited in what it wants to do because...more

SuperVision - Labor and Employment Law Insights: Issue 3, December 2020

What Can We Expect from a Biden Administration? As President-elect Joe Biden begins to transition into the Oval Office, employers cannot help but look ahead to what the next four years may hold. Although a Biden...more

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