On Saturday, the United States House of Representatives, in a bipartisan effort, passed an economic relief bill, H.R. 6201, Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which is expected to go to vote in the Senate early...more
If you are an employer required to file an EEO-1 report, your life became a lot more difficult this year. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently announced that in addition to filing the usual EEO-1 data...more
On May 18, 2016, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued its final regulations updating the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (“FLSA”) overtime provisions for the executive, administrative, professional, and highly-compensated...more
The Florida Department of Economic Opportunity announced that, effective January 1, 2018, Florida’s minimum wage will increase from $8.10 per hour to $8.25. Employers may pay their properly tipped employees a lower rate of...more
A few months ago, the City of St. Petersburg amended its “Wage Theft Ordinance” to include new notice requirements and penalties for employers. As detailed below, St. Petersburg employers will now be required to provide a...more
On November 22, 2016, Judge Amos L. Mazzant of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction against the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) updated white collar...more