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Once Again Invoking Congressional Review Act, Congress Repeals Controversial Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Anti-Arbitration Rule

The U.S. Congress has once again utilized the expedited procedures provided in the once obscure Congressional Review Act (CRA) to

By |2017-11-10T14:48:59-05:0011/10/2017|Categories: Arbitration and Dispute Resolution|Tags: , , |Comments Off on Once Again Invoking Congressional Review Act, Congress Repeals Controversial Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Anti-Arbitration Rule

DOL Appeals Ruling Invalidating Obama Overtime Rule in Strategic Move To Preserve Agency’s Authority To Issue a New Final Rule

In a move that has created some confusion, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has filed an appeal of the

By |2017-11-04T17:00:24-05:0011/4/2017|Categories: Wage and Hour|Tags: , |Comments Off on DOL Appeals Ruling Invalidating Obama Overtime Rule in Strategic Move To Preserve Agency’s Authority To Issue a New Final Rule

President Trump Lays Out Immigration Reform Demands That He Says Must Be Part of Any Legislation To Restore DACA Program

In September, President Trump ordered an end to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that had been put

By |2017-10-22T21:40:39-05:0010/22/2017|Categories: Immigration|Tags: , , |Comments Off on President Trump Lays Out Immigration Reform Demands That He Says Must Be Part of Any Legislation To Restore DACA Program

NT Lakis Attorneys File Comments With DOL-VETS on Proposed HIRE Vets Medallion Regulations, Urging Narrower Exclusionary Criteria

NT Lakis attorneys have filed written comments with the Department of Labor’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service (DOL-VETS) in response

By |2017-09-29T13:51:26-05:009/29/2017|Categories: Affirmative Action and Diversity, Veterans|Tags: , , , |Comments Off on NT Lakis Attorneys File Comments With DOL-VETS on Proposed HIRE Vets Medallion Regulations, Urging Narrower Exclusionary Criteria

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