A Pennsylvania battery manufacturer has the dubious distinction of being ordered to pay the largest jury verdict ever awarded to the Department of Labor under the Fair Labor Standards Act - a cool $22 million for failing to...more
5/12/2023
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Collective Actions ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Doffing ,
Donning ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Jury Verdicts ,
Unpaid Overtime ,
Wage and Hour
Fifth Circuit grants emergency temporary stay on Biden’s vaccine or test rule, implemented by OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standards. What does this mean?...
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The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (“FFCRA”) requires certain employers to provide paid leave to eligible employees who are unable to work due to specific COVID-19 related reasons. Like many employment statutes, the...more
Nearly three years after employers scrambled to review and adjust worker salaries ahead of anticipated increases in the required weekly salary for exempt employees, only to have the new rule stayed at the last minute, the...more
Today the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs published its final rule to update its Sex Discrimination Guidelines, expressing its intent to bring the outdated 1970 guidance in line with...more
6/15/2016
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Final Rules ,
Gender Identity ,
Guidance Update ,
OFCCP ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Title VII ,
Transgender
Reminder to all clients who are federal contractors: the federal government will now consider a prospective contractor’s past labor law compliance in determining whether or not the contractor has the requisite “satisfactory...more
Five federal agencies have collectively proposed regulations to implement elements of the Affordable Care Act ("ACA") healthcare reform legislation designed to encourage employers to sponsor employee wellness programs. The...more