Status Update on Key Federal Agency Nominations, June 2021
While the pace of Senate confirmation of President Biden’s nominees for key leadership positions at agencies responsible for regulating the
DOL Urged To Retain More Flexible Standard for Determining FLSA “Willful” Violations
During the last year of the Trump Administration, as part of new regulations issued under the Fair Labor Standards Act
Biden DOL Continuing Effort To Reverse Trump-Era Wage and Hour Reforms
The Biden Administration’s Department of Labor (DOL) is wasting no time in reversing wage and hour policies adopted during the
New Biden E.O. Raises Federal Contractor Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour in 2022
A new Executive Order (E.O.) 14026 signed by President Joe Biden on April 27, 2021, will require certain federal contractors
DOL Proposes To Formally Withdraw Trump-Era FLSA Rules
As expected, the Biden Administration’s Department of Labor (DOL) has moved quickly to formally withdraw two industry-supported and organized labor-opposed
Comment Letter Asks DOL To Implement New Tip Regulations, But Agency Says No
The Biden Administration’s Department of Labor (DOL) has delayed the effective date of revisions to the agency’s regulations governing tip
Batch of FLSA Opinion Letters Issued by DOL in Trump’s Waning Weeks Could Be Withdrawn
You are probably aware that through the four years of the Trump Administration, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour
Outgoing Trump DOL Finalizes Revised FLSA Tip Regulations
In an action taken shortly before the Presidential transition, the outgoing Trump Administration’s Department of Labor (DOL) issued final revisions
New FLSA Opinion Letters Address Compensability of Training and Travel Time
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has released two new opinion letters interpreting compensable time
Federal Contractor Minimum Wage To Increase From $10.80 to $10.95 an Hour Beginning on January 1, 2021
An Executive Order (E.O.) issued by President Obama in 2014, still in effect, requires certain federal contractors and subcontractors to