The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) will not defend the Obama-era salary test for certain exemptions from overtime-pay requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), according to its June 30, 2017 briefing to the...more
Reviving past failed attempts to change federal overtime law, the House passed a bill on May 4, 2017, that would permit private sector employers to offer days off in lieu of earned overtime.
The Working Families...more
Discrimination on the basis of one’s sexual orientation is a form of unlawful sex discrimination under Title VII, according to an April 4, 2017 ruling by the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (which covers Indiana, Illinois...more
On June 30, 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its long-awaited proposed rule updating and revising the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations governing the so-called “white collar” exemptions from the...more