The COVID-19 pandemic has created bleak economic conditions for many businesses, forcing them to undertake or consider drastic changes to their workforce. Although each employer’s business needs vary and require individual...more
New US Labor Department regulation, to take effect January 1, 2020, raises the minimum base salary for exempt employees to US$35,568.
Key Points: The new regulation:
..Increases the minimum base salary for exempt...more
Employers now have until September 30, 2019, to provide individualized notice and October 1, 2019, to begin contributions.
As covered in a previous Latham & Watkins Client Alert, Massachusetts employers face imminent...more
By June 30, 2019, employers must provide individualized notice to each employee (and potentially each contractor) in the state.
In 2018, Massachusetts enacted the Paid Family and Medical Leave (PFML) law, which provides a...more
Highly anticipated proposal raises the minimum base salary for exempt employees to US$35,308, while formally rescinding the enjoined 2016 final rule that would have doubled the current minimum level.
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While helpful to some employers, Integrity Staffing Solutions v. Busk does not fundamentally change the law of compensable working time.
On December 9, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated decision...more
California Supreme Court rules the Federal Arbitration Act preempts State’s refusal to enforce class arbitration waivers on public policy or unconscionability grounds; holds PAGA claims unwaivable.
On June 23, 2014,...more