Last week, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced its long-awaited final rule raising the minimum salary that certain employees must earn in order to be exempt from overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”)....more
5/3/2024
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In our last alert, What Should Employers Expect in 2022, Non-COVID Edition, we predicted the Senate would pass the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021, House Resolution 4445 (the...more
2/17/2022
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If your business employed 100 or more workers, chances are you spent a lot of time and effort understanding and preparing for the OSHA COVID-19 vaccine-or-test Emergency Temporary Standard....more
2/10/2022
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On Friday, October 29, 2021, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule relating to wages of tipped employees. The rule aims to settle flip-flopping by different presidential administrations over the types of work...more
11/4/2021
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