News & Analysis as of

Wage and Hour Staffing Agencies Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

Amundsen Davis LLC

Breaking News Impacting Illinois Staffing Agencies & User Clients

Amundsen Davis LLC on

Friday, Governor Pritzker signed Senate Bill 3650 (SB 3650), which amends the Illinois Day and Temporary Labor Services Act (the “Act”) -- AGAIN. This is the 3rd major amendment to the Act in just over a year. The impact of...more

Fisher Phillips

Workplace Law Forecast 2024 - Your workplace law recap for 2023 and predictions for 2024 to help you prepare for the coming year.

Fisher Phillips on

When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP - Class Dismissed

One ESTOPP Shop: The Ninth Circuit Weighs In On The Use Of Equitable Estoppel To Compel Arbitration In Two Recent Decisions

When can you compel arbitration of a putative class action? The law is developing quickly and still doesn’t provide a crystal clear answer. The Ninth Circuit recently weighed in on two cases examining what happens when the...more

Littler

DOL Opens the Door for Staffing Firms to Exempt Workers from Overtime as “Retail or Service Establishments”

Littler on

On the last full day of the Trump administration, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) clarified that staffing firms can qualify as “retail or service establishments” under FLSA section 7(i).  Prior to May...more

Stinson - Government Contracting Matters

Government Contractors Susceptible to Increased Liability as Joint Employers After Court Strikes Portions of DOL’s New...

On September 8, 2020, Judge Gregory Woods in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York struck down the majority of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) “joint-employer” rule concerning what it...more

Perkins Coie

NY Court Strikes Down Significant Portions of DOL’s Final Rule Defining Joint Employment Scenarios Under FLSA

Perkins Coie on

The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Final Rule revising the joint employer regulations under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) took effect on March 16, 2020, (Final Rule). On September 8, 2020, the Hon. Gregory H....more

Franczek P.C.

DOL’s Joint Employer Test Ruled Illegal

Franczek P.C. on

On September 8, 2020, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York struck down portions of a January 2020 Final Rule issued by the Department of Labor. The Final Rule provided a new test for...more

FordHarrison

DOL's Pass Intercepted: Court Strikes Down Narrow Definition of Joint Employer

FordHarrison on

A federal court judge in New York has invalidated the Department of Labor (DOL)’s Final Rule that narrowly interpreted joint employer. ...more

Morgan Lewis

New York Court Vacates DOL’s Joint Employer Rule

Morgan Lewis on

Judge Woods of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York on September 8 vacated the US Department of Labor’s new test for joint employment, which focuses only on the putative joint employer’s right to...more

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Employment Law...

"Waiting is Still an Occupation" But Not a Compensable One

In a recent summary judgment decision, the Eastern District of Wisconsin held that time spent by employees of staffing agencies both waiting for a job assignment and traveling to the job assignment if they were selected is...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

U.S. Labor Department Finalizes Rule Limiting Joint Employer Liability

In April 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division published proposed rules dealing with the definition of joint employment under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Joint employment status means that two or more...more

Harris Beach PLLC

U.S. Department of Labor Issues New Joint Employer Rule Applicable to Wage and Hour Violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act

Harris Beach PLLC on

For the first time in sixty years, the U.S Department of Labor is substantively revising the regulation that articulates when two people or businesses are “joint employers” of an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Aiming for Clarity, DOL Proposes to Update the FLSA’s “Joint Employer” Regulations

Hoping to clarify when entities should be treated as “joint employers” under the FLSA, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently announced its intent to revise its so-called “joint employer” regulations under the Fair Labor...more

Cozen O'Connor

The Joint Employer Rollercoaster Continues: DOL Announces Proposed Changes

Cozen O'Connor on

For the past several years, the issue of joint employer status has been in a constant state of flux, creating uncertainty for employers. In an effort to clarify this issue, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a proposed...more

Polsinelli

U.S. DOL Unveils New Proposed Joint Employer Test

Polsinelli on

On April 1, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced proposed changes to its joint-employer test. ...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

April Rules: DOL Continues Rulemaking Sprint With New Proposed Joint Employment Standard

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: On April 1, 2019, the U.S. DOL announced a proposed rule to clarify joint employment under the FLSA. The rule would establish a four-factor balancing test for joint employer status....more

Payne & Fears

Key California Employment Law Cases: March 2018

Payne & Fears on

This month’s two key California employment law cases are both significant decisions involving wage and hour laws. Alvarado v. DART Container Corp. of Cal., 4 Cal. 5th 542 (2018) - Summary: California formula for...more

Jackson Lewis P.C.

Staffing Firms Benefit From Sixth Circuit Administrative Exemption Ruling

Jackson Lewis P.C. on

Staffing firms may have something extra to be thankful for this holiday season: Finding that certain account managers exercised discretion and independent judgment when matching candidates with temporary positions, the Sixth...more

CMCP - California Minority Counsel Program

DOL Withdraws Guidance Letters Leaving Employers to Pick up the Pieces

On June 7, 2017, the U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta announced the withdrawal of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) guidance on independent contractors and joint employment issued during the Obama administration,...more

Smith Debnam Narron Drake Saintsing & Myers,...

Shifting Sands Continue to Undermine Traditional Definitions of Employment

On June 7, 2017, the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor withdrew two Administrator’s Interpretations issued during the Obama administration that took a broad view of the employment relationship...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

DOL Withdraws Guidance on Independent Contractors and Joint Employers: What It Means and What Employers Should Do Now

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

Seyfarth Synopsis: United States Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta recently withdrew the federal Wage & Hour Division’s (WHD) Obama-era guidance documents on independent contractors and joint employment. Those documents,...more

FordHarrison

USDOL Withdraws Joint Employment and Independent Contractor Guidance

FordHarrison on

The recent announcement by Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta to rescind Administrator’s Interpretation Nos. 2015-1 and 2016-1 should allow employers more latitude to hire independent contractors by removing the restrictive...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

U.S. Secretary of Labor Withdraws Informal Guidance on Joint Employment and Independent Contractors

Ballard Spahr LLP on

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has withdrawn its 2015 and 2016 controversial informal guidance on joint employment and independent contractors. Those two guidance letters, issued during the Obama administration, greatly...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Department of Labor Rescinds Two Memos Broadening Joint Employer Liability - Impact on Court Decisions is Unclear

The Department of Labor’s decision this week to rescind two of its memos from the Obama administration regarding joint employer liability may be a hint of what’s to come under the new White House. The repealed memos...more

Franczek P.C.

DOL Withdraws Obama Era Interpretations On Independent Contractors and Joint Employment

Franczek P.C. on

On June 7, Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta announced the withdrawal of two Administrator Interpretations (“AIs”) issued under the Obama administration regarding joint employment and independent contractors. ...more

52 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 3

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide