Wage and Hour

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)

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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

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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,

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NT Lakis Lawyers File Brief With Fourth Circuit, Urging Reversal of Problematic FLSA Joint Employment Ruling

NT Lakis lawyers recently submitted a “friend-of-the-court” brief to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in an important case regarding

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Senate Sends Repeal of “Blacklisting” Regulations to President Trump for His Expected Signature

The Senate has joined the House of Representatives in passing a resolution under the rarely invoked Congressional Review Act (CRA)

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Labor Department Reports FMLA Complaint Resolutions Fell to All-Time Low Last Year, Even as FMLA Lawsuits Continued To Increase

Enforcement statistics covering fiscal year (FY) 2016 published recently by the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) show

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Favorable Ruling by Ninth Circuit Finds That Wage and Hour Claims Were Too Individualized To Justify Class Treatment

A surprisingly favorable decision for employers by the normally employee-friendly U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has upheld

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