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Labor Department Withdraws 2015-16 Joint Employment, Independent Contractor...
Did the new Labor Secretary finally throw employers a bone? We think so, but it’s too early to tell whether it’s delicious bacon-flavored or some generic processed meat flavor. On June 7, 2017, the...
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Wage and Hour Division Issues Two Employer-Friendly Rules
This week, the Wage and Hour Division announced the issuance of two rules interpreting the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that modernize its application and lessen the burden of overtime calculations...
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Joint Employment Test Gets Muddied Again: Federal Court Rejects New DOL Test
Muddy Waters is how you want your blues, not how you want your laws. A federal district judge in New York yesterday kicked up a lot of mud in an area of the law that had finally seen some clarity –...
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Whaddaya Call It? DOL Proposes New Independent Contractor Test
Soda or pop? Pill bug or roly poly? What you call things depends on where you live. In 2014, the New York Times published this 25-question dialect quiz that will tell you, with startling accuracy,...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Petition that Proceeding as a Collective...
In the last week, we have seen several significant decisions from the U.S. Supreme Court. On Monday, however, the Court made a noteworthy “non-decision” by declining a petition for certiorari that...
View ArticleAlice in Cook County, Illinois: A View Through the Looking Glass at a...
Starting May 1, 2015, employers in Cook County will be subject to a new “Wage-Theft Ordinance” that could lead to employers incurring massive property tax liabilities, business license revocation, and...
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DOL Final Rule Withstands Challenge, Mandates Changes for Home Health Employers
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit recently reinstated regulations from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), extending federal minimum wage and overtime requirements to home health workers...
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Understanding the New Overtime Regulations
Today, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued the final version of the much-anticipated new Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) regulations regarding the salary threshold for exempt employees. This...
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The Department of Labor’s Latest Final Rule Publication Regulates Managers...
“Drip, drip, drip” is the best description of the Biden administration’s staggered attack on the 2020 Tip Final Rule through delays, withdrawals, amendments and notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM)....
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