On May 5, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) eliminated a Trump administration end-of-term rule for determining whether workers should be classified as independent contractors or employees under the Fair Labor Standards...more
Responding to the ubiquity of remote work amid the pandemic, on Dec. 31, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (FLSA2020-19) issued an opinion letter regarding the compensability of travel time when...more
On Nov. 3, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division issued two additional opinion letters regarding what constitutes “work time” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The first opinion letter analyzes...more
On March 26, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a series of opinion letters clarifying how to calculate properly an employee’s “regular rate” under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for overtime payment...more
On March 6, the Department of Labor announced a pilot program called the Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program, which seeks to expedite resolution of minimum wage and overtime violations....more
On Aug. 31, 2017, a federal court in Texas struck down the Obama-era Department of Labor rule that would have significantly expanded overtime eligibility by more than doubling the salary threshold under the Fair Labor...more
Introduction -
In the final year of his two term tenure, President Barack Obama’s National Labor Relations Board and Department of Labor continued their double barrelled efforts to remake labor law to benefit labor...more
1/18/2017
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At-Will Employment ,
Blacklist ,
Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Collective Bargaining ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) ,
Federal Contractors ,
Joint Employers ,
LMRDA ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Persuader Rules ,
Unions
On Nov. 22, 2016, a federal court in Texas issued a preliminary injunction temporarily halting nationwide enforcement of the U.S. Department of Labor’s new final rule regarding Fair Labor Standards Act overtime regulations...more
As previously reported, on March 23, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its reinterpretation of the “persuader” rule in the Labor Management Reporting Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA), originally scheduled to be...more
On March 23, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its long-anticipated reinterpretation of the “persuader” rule in the Labor Management Reporting Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA). Spanning more than 400 pages, the...more
National Labor Relations Board spends Most of 2015 With a Full Complement of Members; Down to Four at Year’s End.
For about two-thirds of the year, the National Labor Relations Board operated with a full complement of...more
1/21/2016
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Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces ,
Joint Employers ,
LMRDA ,
NLRB ,
Persuader Rules ,
SEIU ,
Unions ,
United Food and Commercial Workers Union ,
Wage Act