On May 9, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), and the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released their spring 2018 regulatory agendas. There were a few...more
5/10/2018
/ Apprenticeships ,
Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRB ,
NPRM ,
OSHA ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Wage and Hour
On March 23, 2018, the last day before a potential government shutdown, Congress passed and the president is expected to sign a massive $1.3 trillion omnibus spending bill to fund the federal government through fiscal year...more
3/23/2018
/ Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) ,
Federal Budget ,
Joint Employers ,
NLRB ,
OFCCP ,
OSHA ,
Preemption ,
Rest and Meal Break ,
Tip-Pooling ,
Wage and Hour
On February 12, 2018, the White House released its fiscal year 2019 (FY 2019) budget plan and sent it to Capitol Hill just a week after signing a two-year budget deal lifting the spending caps for 2018 and reopening the...more
THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR . . . OSHA’S YEARLY SUMMER HEAT CAMPAIGN -
On June 26, 2017, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced the return of its heat illness prevention campaign: Water. Rest. Shade....more
8/4/2017
/ Administrative Interpretation ,
Ban the Box ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Defend Trade Secrets Act (DTSA) ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
H-1B ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Joint Employers ,
Minimum Salary ,
Misappropriation ,
New Legislation ,
Opinion Letter ,
OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Persuader Rules ,
Sick Leave ,
Trade Secrets ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wage Theft ,
White-Collar Exemptions ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety
Court Upholds Employer’s Dreadlock Ban Finds Grooming Policy Did Not Violate Title VII of the Civil Rights Act -
A federal appellate court recently held that an employer’s policy banning dreadlocks did not constitute...more
11/7/2016
/ Accessibility Rules ,
Appearance Policy ,
Blacklist ,
Civil Rights Act ,
Drug Testing ,
EEO-1 ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Equal Pay ,
Federal Contractors ,
Filing Requirements ,
Gender-Based Pay Discrimination ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Independent Contractors ,
Job Applicants ,
Labor Law Violations ,
Minimum Wage ,
Misclassification ,
NLRA ,
OSHA ,
Restrictive Covenants ,
Sexual Assault ,
Sexual Harassment ,
Sick Leave ,
Stalking ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
Title VII ,
Unemployment Benefits ,
W-2 ,
Wage and Hour ,
Wages ,
Workplace Injury
The minimum salary threshold to qualify for the executive, administrative, and professional exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) will more than double on December 1, 2016, from $23,660 per year to $47,476 per...more
6/21/2016
/ Anti-Discrimination Policies ,
Anti-Retaliation Provisions ,
Ban the Box ,
Criminal Background Checks ,
Electronic Reporting ,
Employer Mandates ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) ,
Federal Aviation Administration Authorization Act of 1994 (FAAAA) ,
Independent Contractors ,
LMRDA ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Minimum Salary ,
OSHA ,
Over-Time ,
Paid Family Leave Law ,
Paid Time Off (PTO) ,
Persuader Rules ,
Preemption ,
Recordkeeping Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Unions ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions ,
Workplace Injury ,
Workplace Safety
Narrowly averting a federal government shutdown, on December 13 in a rare Saturday evening session the Senate passed the massive 1600 page, $1.1 trillion FY2015 Omnibus Appropriations bill that will fund government operations...more
We expect 2015 to be a very busy year for actions on new or proposed federal regulations in the absence of congressional legislation. That was confirmed on November 21, 2014, when the administration published its “Unified...more
As 2013 comes to a close, it’s time to assess what happened and what didn’t happen in Washington, D.C. during the year in terms of labor and employment law legislation, regulations, and litigation. The short version is that...more
1/2/2014
/ Affordable Care Act ,
Canning v NLRB ,
Continuing Resolution ,
D.R. Horton ,
D.R. Horton v NLRB ,
Discrimination ,
ENDA ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Federal Budget ,
LMRDA ,
NLRB ,
OFCCP ,
OSHA ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
Silica
On August 23, 2013 the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a proposed new rule on silica exposure. Public comments on the proposed rule are due no later than 90 days from publication in the Federal...more