11/21/2024 10:14:01 PM Texas District Court vacates DOL rule expanding overtime eligibility By Paulo McKeeby Andrew Workman On November 15, 2024, a United States Eastern District Court in Texas struck down a 2024 Department of Labor (DOL) rule that would have...
7/5/2024 3:43:43 PM Federal court challenges to DOL overtime rule yield mixed results while foretelling a merits ruling before end of year By Amanda Brown Joshua Sallmen On July 1, 2024, the first phase of the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)’s updated overtime rule went into effect, raising the minimum...
5/29/2024 9:00:05 PM Senate Working Group and Biden administration guidance on the use of AI in the workplace By Amanda Brown Heather Raun Shortly after the DOL’s release of guidance on the use of AI in the workplace, a bipartisan working group from the U.S. Senate and the...
5/29/2024 2:40:40 PM DOL’s guidance on use of AI in hiring and employment By Amanda Brown Heather Raun On April 24, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued guidance on how employers should navigate the use of Artificial Intelligence...
4/24/2024 3:51:15 PM U.S. Department of Labor mandates two salary threshold increases for white collar FLSA exemptions and a mechanism for future automatic increases By Betty Graumlich Christopher Bouriat Noah Oberlander On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final regulatory rule that will raise the minimum salary threshold for...
2/28/2024 6:40:05 PM Government shutdown looming: How government agencies that enforce labor and employment laws could be impacted By Amanda Brown Governmental entities play a vital role in upholding federal labor and employment regulations and would face significant disruption in...
1/12/2024 5:30:31 PM Navigating the labor landscape: Department of Labor announces final rule on independent contractors By Christopher Bouriat Wendy Choi On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its final independent contractor rule in the Federal Registrar in an...
9/29/2023 10:03:54 PM The potential shutdown will significantly impact government agencies that enforce labor and employment laws By Amanda Brown Government agencies are integral to the enforcement of federal labor and employment laws and will be dramatically impacted by a...
8/31/2023 9:47:29 PM U.S. Department of Labor proposes nearly 55 percent increase in the salary threshold for white collar exemptions with automatic increases By Betty Graumlich Christopher Bouriat Noah Oberlander On August 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a regulatory rule that would raise the minimum salary threshold for...
8/9/2023 8:11:54 PM U.S. Department of Labor’s prevailing wage rate rule impacts over one million workers and $200 billion in projects By Christopher Bouriat Joshua Sallmen On August 8, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule that will change the prevailing wage rate landscape for...
1/25/2021 8:13:41 PM DOL stops enforcing Executive Order 13950 on diversity training By Michael Correll Joseph Mammone The Biden administration issued new guidance immediately following his Jan. 20 inauguration abrogating former U.S. President Trump’s...
7/6/2020 1:58:34 PM Are your sales employees exempt? DOL provides guidance in three new opinion letters By Michael Correll Brian Morris Amy Harwath The Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Wage and Hour Division recently issued three new opinion letters addressing the Fair Labor Standards...
3/27/2020 5:50:49 PM DOL issues updated FFCRA notice poster By Hannah Sorcic Raenn Burgo Today the Department of Labor (DOL) updated the required poster that employers subject to the Families First Coronavirus Response Act...
3/26/2020 12:40:16 PM DOL issues FFCRA notice poster By Hannah Sorcic Raenn Burgo Yesterday the Department of Labor (DOL) issued the required poster that employers subject the Families First Coronavirus Response Act...