On February 28, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an important decision involving whether contract workers in the oil patch were entitled to overtime.
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) recently proposed amendments to the regulations that govern how multiemployer plans calculate withdrawal liability.
On March 7, 2019, the DOL's Wage and Hour Division published the long-awaited Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to revise the “white collar” overtime exemption regulations.
Bruce Sarchet and Corinn Jackson break down the most significant pending bills, identifying practical ramifications for employers and offering insights into the legislative history and process.
On March 4, 2019, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia surprised the employer community by vacating the White House Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) stay of the revised EEO-1 form’s pay data reporting requirements.
On March 4, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court held in BNSF Railway Co. v. Loos that a railroad’s payment to an employee for work time lost due to an on-the-job injury is taxable compensation under the Railroad Retirement Tax Act (RRTA).
Our company would like to amend our HR forms to include a "non-binary" option in addition to "male" and "female," and an "other" category to race/ethnicity. Are there any issues with our doing so?
