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US Department Of Labor Issues Final Rule On Joint Employer Status Under The...
Rule establishes standard under which two employers will be deemed jointly and severally liable under the Fair Labor Standards Act as of March 16, 2020 In January 2016, we posted about an...
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) – Legal Issues in the US
Although the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), commonly referred to as the “coronavirus,” remains a developing situation, it has begun affecting the US in major ways. With cases now reported...
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Employer’s Guide to Return-to-Work Issues: COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (US)
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency has changed life as we know it, including by severely disrupting business on a nationwide scale. In some cases, employers have been...
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Department of Labor Continues to Loosen Restrictions on Calculating Overtime...
In what Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia called a step in the US Department of Labor’s (DOL) goal of lessening “unnecessary regulatory burdens” on businesses, on May 20, 2020 the DOL released a final rule...
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DOL Update: COVID-19-Related Guidance and New Opinion Letters (US)
During the week of June 22, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) issued three Field Assistance Bulletins, each providing guidance to WHD field staff regarding three...
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Department of Labor Issues Opinion Letter Clarifying Availability of...
In the U.S., employees must be paid overtime compensation at a rate of one-and-one-half times their regular rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of forty (40) per workweek unless specifically...
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Voting Leave: What US Employers Need To Know As Election Day 2020 Approaches
With Election Day just a few weeks away, it’s an appropriate time to refresh our understanding of state voting leave laws and the obligations imposed on private sector employers by those laws. Although...
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Fifth Circuit Issues Timely Reminder Regarding the Importance of Employers...
A recent decision from a federal appeals court highlights the perils for employers associated with lax recordkeeping of employee work hours and wage information. It is well-established that every...
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California Becomes More Expensive for Employers: Meal and Rest Break Premiums...
Issuing the California Supreme Court’s decision in a much anticipated case, Justice Liu on behalf of a unanimous court explained in Ferra v. Loews Hollywood Hotel, LLC that “[t]he calculation of...
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Department of Labor Updates (Yet Again) Its Rules on Paying Tipped Workers (US)
On October 28, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its Final Rule on tipped wages. As Presidential administrations have changed through the years, so too has the DOL’s view regarding the...
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