Paid Leave

Compliance Deadlines on Three Obama Administration Regulations Still Set To Go Into Effect Before Inauguration

While there is considerable speculation that the incoming Trump Administration will make changes to workplace compliance policy implemented during the

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Labor Department Issues Final Rule Requiring Covered Federal Contractors To Provide Employees With up to 56 Hours of Paid Sick Leave Annually

The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a final rule implementing the requirements of President Obama’s 2015 Executive Order (E.O.)

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Number of State and Local Paid Sick Leave Laws Continues To Grow, Creating Patchwork of Requirements for Companies That Operate on Multi-State Basis

According to our latest count, there are five states and more than 20 major localities across the country that now

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NT Lakis Lawyers Create “Federal Compliance Initiative Scorecard” Summarizing Major Employment-Related Actions Undertaken During the Obama Administration

In light of the very active employment-related regulatory and policy agenda that has been pursued by federal enforcement agencies during

Ruling by D.C. Circuit Rejects DOL’s Expansive Interpretation of Federal Prevailing Wage Law; Decision Impacts Coverage of Minimum Wage, Paid Leave Executive Orders

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has rejected an expansive Labor Department (DOL) interpretation of coverage of

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New York Becomes Fourth State To Create Paid Family Leave Benefit; San Francisco Mandates Employer-Funded Paid Parental Leave

New York has joined California, New Jersey, and Rhode Island in enacting a paid family leave law.  As is the

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In Written Comments on Proposed Paid Sick Leave Regulations, NT Lakis Lawyers Urge Clear Exemption for Covered Contractors That Already Comply

NT Lakis lawyers submitted written comments to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) last week in response to the agency’s

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MINIMUM WAGE APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN FEDERAL CONTRACTORS WILL INCREASE TO $10.15 IN 2016

Early in 2014, President Obama signed Executive Order 13568, establishing a minimum wage for certain federal contractor and subcontractor employees.

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