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President Trump Signs Short-Term Funding Bill Sparing OFCCP and Other Enforcement Agencies From Major Budget Cuts for Now

President Trump has signed a bill that will keep the federal government funded into December. The spending bill, which also

By |2020-09-21T13:54:58-05:009/16/2017|Categories: Affirmative Action and Diversity, Discrimination and Harassment, Labor Relations|Tags: , , , , , |Comments Off on President Trump Signs Short-Term Funding Bill Sparing OFCCP and Other Enforcement Agencies From Major Budget Cuts for Now

Labor Department No Longer Enforcing “Tip Rule,” Announces Plans To Formally Rescind

When paying certain nonexempt tipped employees, an employer has the option under the so-called “tip credit” provision in the Fair

By |2017-09-16T12:49:12-05:009/16/2017|Categories: Agency Enforcement, Wage and Hour|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Labor Department No Longer Enforcing “Tip Rule,” Announces Plans To Formally Rescind

Three Recent “WARN Act” Decisions Underscore Importance of Knowing Rules That Apply to Mass Layoffs and Plant Closings

Court decisions interpreting the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act have been relatively rare since that law was

By |2017-09-08T14:08:22-05:009/8/2017|Categories: Compliance Tools|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Three Recent “WARN Act” Decisions Underscore Importance of Knowing Rules That Apply to Mass Layoffs and Plant Closings

President Trump Nominates Former Bush White House Counsel Cheryl Stanton to Serve as Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Administrator

President Trump has nominated Cheryl Stanton, who served in the White House Counsel’s office during the George W. Bush Administration,

By |2017-09-08T14:10:48-05:009/8/2017|Categories: Wage and Hour|Tags: , |Comments Off on President Trump Nominates Former Bush White House Counsel Cheryl Stanton to Serve as Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Administrator

San Francisco Enacts “Lactation in the Workplace” Ordinance Containing Prescriptive Accommodation Standards

Responding to worker concerns for greater work/life balance, public policy-makers have, among other initiatives, pushed for new laws over the

By |2020-09-21T13:54:58-05:009/1/2017|Categories: Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves|Tags: , |Comments Off on San Francisco Enacts “Lactation in the Workplace” Ordinance Containing Prescriptive Accommodation Standards

Trump Administration Issues First Semi-Annual Regulatory Agenda; Primary Focus Is on Revising or Rescinding Obama-Era Initiatives

Under federal law, most executive branch agencies, including the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC),

By |2020-09-21T13:54:59-05:008/13/2017|Categories: Agency Enforcement|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on Trump Administration Issues First Semi-Annual Regulatory Agenda; Primary Focus Is on Revising or Rescinding Obama-Era Initiatives

NT Lakis Attorneys Send Letter to OMB’s New OIRA Director Renewing Request That OMB Reconsider Its Approval of Revised EEO-1 Report

Earlier this year, NT Lakis attorneys sent a letter to Mick Mulvaney, the new director of the Trump Administration’s White

By |2017-07-28T14:52:36-05:007/28/2017|Categories: Affirmative Action and Diversity, Compensation, Discrimination and Harassment|Tags: , , , , , , |Comments Off on NT Lakis Attorneys Send Letter to OMB’s New OIRA Director Renewing Request That OMB Reconsider Its Approval of Revised EEO-1 Report

House of Representatives Gives Bipartisan Approval to Bill That Continues Federal Support for Vocational Education Programs

In today’s highly partisan congressional environment, it’s sometimes easy to forget that there are some issues on which Republicans and

By |2017-07-28T14:46:50-05:007/28/2017|Categories: State Standards|Tags: , , , , |Comments Off on House of Representatives Gives Bipartisan Approval to Bill That Continues Federal Support for Vocational Education Programs