On November 4, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor issued an emergency temporary standard (“ETS”) directing all private employers with 100 or more employees corporate-wide to establish, implement, and enforce a mandatory...more
On January 7, 2021, when Trump was still in office, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) published a new, employer-friendly rule for determining independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The...more
On Tuesday, September 8, 2020, Judge Gregory Woods, a federal judge sitting in the Southern District of New York (“SDNY”), struck down, in a 62-page opinion, key provisions of the recently released Department of Labor (“DOL”)...more
On Monday, May 19, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) withdrew the non-exhaustive lists of establishments that were potentially eligible for or excluded from the retail or service establishment exemption to overtime under...more