#WorkforceWednesday®: After the Block - What’s Next for Employers and Non-Competes? - Spilling Secrets Podcast - Employment Law This Week®
Employment Law Now VIII-150 - The FTC Noncompete Rule is Dead: What Now?
ERISA Blog | Changes to the HIPAA Privacy Rules A Primer for Self-Insured Group Health Plans
Sustainable Procurement: A Closer Look at the New Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR)
Employment Law Now VIII-145 – Status Update: Injunctions for FTC Non-Compete Ban and DOL Overtime Exemption Regs
Legal Alert | Reign It In: Federal Court Enjoins DOL's Expansion of Davis-Bacon Coverage
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: What Banking Leaders Need to Know About the U.S. Supreme Court Ruling That the CFPB’s Funding Mechanism is Constitutional Part I
Unpacking FERC's Transmission Planning and Permitting Final Rules
The Burr Broadcast: Key Differences Between PWFA and ADA
DOL’s Expanded Overtime Salary Limits, EEOC’s Sexual Harassment Guidance, NY’s Mandatory Paid Prenatal Leave - Employment Law This Week®
The FTC Issued a New Rule to Ban All New Noncompete Agreements
Preparing for Major Changes to DOT’s Disadvantaged Business Enterprise DBE Program
#WorkforceWednesday: FTC Nixes Non-Competes Nationwide—Now What? - Employment Law This Week® - Spilling Secrets Podcast
Fierce Competition Podcast | Understanding the FTC’s Landmark Ban on Noncompetes
Meeting the Proposed SEC Climate Disclosure Requirements
Consumer Finance Monitor Podcast Episode: A Close Look at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s Final Credit Card Late Fee Rule: Have Cardholders Been Dealt a Winning or Losing Hand?
What's the Tea in L&E? Alert: Salary Threshold for Exempt Employees Increases to $58,656
What's the Tea in L&E? Alert: Non-Compete Agreements Largely Banned by New FTC Rule
#WorkforceWednesday: SCOTUS Expands Title VII, EEOC’s Final PWFA Rule, AI Screening Tools - Employment Law This Week®
The CFPB's Final Credit Card Late Fee Rule: Implications and Industry Response — The Consumer Finance Podcast and Payments Pros: The Payments Law Podcast
On January 2, 2024, the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) completed its review of the U.S. Department of Labor’s final rule on independent contractor classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The...more
To avoid displacement of current service employees, the final rule will require contractors and their subcontractors to offer qualified employees a right of first refusal of employment under successor contracts. President...more
Tuesday, December 5, 2023: JOLTS Report – Job Openings Decreased by 617k in September, Rate Decreased to 5.3% - Confirming that the U.S. jobs market is continuing to shrink (as the Federal Reserve hopes to help tame...more
Tuesday, November 21, 2023: US DOL Inspector General’s Office Announced Report Citing IT Modernization & Security Concerns - The U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) announced on X/Twitter...more
Wednesday, November 8, 2023: US DOL Honored 859 Civilian Employers with 2023 HIRE Vets Medallion Awards - Corresponding with Veterans Day 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Veterans Employment and Training Service...more
Friday, April 7, 2023: OLMS Submitted for OMB Review its Final Rule to Revise Union Persuader Reports to “Out” Federal Contractors - The U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Labor-Management Standards (“OLMS”) submitted to...more
Wednesday, November 30, 2022: U.S. IRS & Treasury Department Published Notice on Prevailing Wage & Apprenticeship Requirements for Enhanced Tax Benefits Under Inflation Reduction Act - U.S. DOL Wage & Hour Division Seeking...more
The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Cynthia L. Hackerott. In today’s edition,...more
The DE OFCCP Week in Review (WIR) is a simple, fast and direct summary of relevant happenings in the OFCCP regulatory environment, authored by experts John C. Fox, Candee Chambers and Jennifer Polcer. In today’s edition, they...more
Where is Everybody? Perhaps due to the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, it’s been a relatively quiet week in the labor and employment arena in Washington, D.C. President Trump and U.S. Secretary of Labor Eugene...more
Client Alert: SBA to Enact Significant Changes to Small Business Regulations Before 2020: Everything You Need to Know - On November 29, 2019, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a final rule that will...more
NATIVE AMERICAN LAW - Key Ruling on Native American Sovereign Immunity Stands—for Now - The Fourth Circuit case Williams v. Big Picture Loans is being hailed as a major victory for Native American sovereign immunity...more
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) officially sent its notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to revise the Part 541 regulations to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) of the...more
After two years of wait, debate and overall angst for employers across the country, the new overtime rules were announced on May 18, 2016, and published in the Federal Register on May 23, 2016. As we discussed in an earlier...more
As the Office of Management and Budget continues to consider the DOL’s proposed regulations – to drastically increase the minimum salary that employees must be paid in order to be exempt from payment of overtime – industry...more
Almost one year ago, we reported that “the speculation was over” regarding the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) long-awaited “Notice of Proposed Rulemaking” (NPRM) which addressed overtime exemptions and minimum salary...more
On March 15, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division delivered its proposed final revisions to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s Part 541 overtime regulations to the Office of Information and Regulatory...more
The Department of Labor (DOL) has submitted its proposed rule regarding the white collar overtime exemptions for a final review to the White House Office of Management and Budget. It is anticipated that the final rule will be...more
On March 14, 2016, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) submitted its overtime rule, entitled “Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees,” to the...more
As reported here previously, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed amending the regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to increase the minimum salary for employees to qualify for the executive,...more
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) sent its much anticipated final overtime regulations to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review on March 14, 2016. Technically, this move came slightly ahead of schedule. OMB...more
In a move that should surprise precisely no one who has been paying attention to current U.S. politics, GOP lawmakers in the U.S. House and Senate introduced legislation to block the U.S. DOL’s anticipated overtime exemption...more