Littler's Workplace Policy Institute Insider Report details key labor, employment, and benefits news and events at the federal, state, local, and global levels.
On June 27, 2016, the U.S. Supreme Court denied the plaintiffs’ petition for a writ of certiorari in Home Care Association of America v. Weil, leaving the DOL's Home Care Rule intact.
On June 22, 2016, the Chicago City Council unanimously passed the Chicago Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Ordinance. Chicago is the second city in the Midwest this year to pass a law granting employees paid sick leave.
In a decision that sheds light on the potential viability of the DOL's Persuader Rule, a Minnesota district court on June 22, 2016, denied a request to enjoin the rule, which the DOL intends to begin enforcing on July 1, 2016.
The HHS recently published its Final Rule implementing Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of, among other grounds, sex in certain health programs and activities.
On June 15, 2016, Oregon's Bureau of Labor and Industries issued its much-anticipated administrative rules to implement the state's new geographically-tiered minimum wage hike.
