Congress Approves $8.3 Billion Coronavirus Emergency Funding. The Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (H.R. 6074) is headed for the President’s desk. Among other things, the bill...more
3/16/2020
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In the wake of the impeachment proceedings, the State of the Union, the Administration’s budget proposal, and the initial rounds of the battle to see who gets the Democratic Presidential nomination, it’s been pretty quiet on...more
2/21/2020
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All the President’s Budget. As you know, the Trump Administration’s FY2021 budget was submitted to the Congress last week. While effectively only a blueprint for future negotiations with Congress--particularly since it is the...more
2/21/2020
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WHD Rulemakings Full Speed Ahead. This is a busy time for the Wage & Hour Division’s regulatory agenda. Early in the week, the White House approved its final rule updating the regular rate regulations. The updates are...more
12/6/2019
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Electronic H-2B Notifications Coming Soon. The Departments of Labor and Homeland Security issued a final rule modernizing the recruitment requirements under the H-2B program. Specifically, the Departments have eliminated the...more
11/18/2019
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Right of First Refusal EO Revoked. Last week, President Trump issued an Executive Order revoking Executive Order 13495 issued by President Obama in January 2009. EO 13495 required that successor Federal service contractors...more
11/11/2019
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Remember that time when the Wage & Hour Division published a final rule increasing the minimum salary level for the white-collar exemptions to $47,476 per year? And then a court enjoined the rule from going forward? And...more
The White House announced its intent to nominate Cheryl Stanton to serve as the Administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage & Hour Division. Stanton currently serves as the Executive Director for the South Carolina...more
Each spring and fall, Washington waits with bated breath as the Executive Branch releases its regulatory agenda. As the first pronouncement of some of the specifics of the Trump Administration’s regulatory plans, this year’s...more
7/20/2017
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Today marks just over a month since Donald Trump was elected as the next President of the United States. As each cabinet appointment is announced, we get more clues to help us predict which direction the Trump...more
12/13/2016
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As the nation waited for the final states to be called in the early morning hours on Tuesday, we here at the Wage & Hour Litigation Blog focused on our one thing: what impact would the result have on the DOL’s overtime...more