Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division Reinstates Opinion Letters
The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) announced recently that it will resume the longstanding practice of issuing
NT Lakis Attorneys File Brief With Supreme Court, Urging Reversal of Problematic FLSA Joint Employment Ruling
NT Lakis attorneys have filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Supreme Court in an important case regarding the appropriate test
Labor Department Announces Intent To Revise Obama Administration’s “Overtime” Rule
In a legal brief submitted last week to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the Department of
Two Recent Cases Illustrate That Courts Continue To Apply Different Standards in Deciding Whether To Grant “Conditional Certification” in FLSA Collective Actions
Two cases that recently came to our attention demonstrate the sometimes unpredictable nature of “conditional certification” under the federal Fair
Secretary of Labor Acosta Withdraws Two Controversial Obama-Era Wage and Hour “Administrator Interpretations”
Just one month after being sworn in as the new secretary of labor, Alexander Acosta has withdrawn two controversial Obama-era
New York City Approves Package of “Predictable Scheduling” Laws
New York City has joined San Francisco and Seattle in enacting ordinances intended to provide more “predictable scheduling” for hourly
President Trump’s Proposed FY 2018 Budget Calls for Merger of OFCCP Into EEOC, Paid Parental Leave, Mandatory E-Verify
President Trump this week delivered his much-anticipated proposed first budget, which would fund the federal government for fiscal year (FY)
House of Representatives Passes Bill Allowing “Comp Time” in Lieu of Overtime Pay for Private-Sector Workers
The House of Representatives has passed and sent to the Senate for its consideration a bill that would amend the
Congress Repeals “Paycheck Transparency” Requirements of “Blacklisting” Executive Order; OFCCP’s Separate “Pay Transparency” Regulations Remain in Effect
On March 27, 2017, President Trump signed a joint resolution passed by Congress that revokes the regulations implementing former President
EEAC’s 2017 Annual Meeting and Policy Conference Highlights
More than 190 company representatives attended the Equal Employment Advisory Council’s (EEAC) 2017 Annual Meeting and Policy Conference in Washington,