On August 3, 2015, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced the release of a new outreach and education poster, "Opening Doors of Opportunity for All Workers."
Effective July 14, 2015, Wisconsin has made it easier for an employer to comply with Wisconsin Statute 103.85, Wisconsin’s “one day of rest in seven” requirement.
Two weeks after the U.S. Department of Labor issued an Administrator's Interpretation cautioning that "most workers are employees," Senators Bob Casey (D-PA) and Al Franken (D-MN) introduced a bill targeting worker misclassification.
The DOL's methodology and minimum salary threshold set forth in its proposed revisions to the FLSA's "white collar" exemptions are "unprecedented in the FLSA’s 77-year history," explained Littler's Tammy McCutchen during a House Subcommittee hearing.
In a move that is expected to have far-reaching consequences for employers, the U.S. Department of Labor issued new guidance on the classification of independent contractors as employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Recent amendments to West Virginia's deliberate intent statute have raised the bar an injured worker must clear in order to circumvent the workers' compensation immunity afforded to the state's employers.
The U.S. Office of the Chief Administrative Hearing Officer recently published a decision illustrating the conflict between state laws and the administration’s deferred action policies that provide work authorization to undocumented immigrants.
Ban-the-box laws that apply to private-sector employers acting as vendors or having contracts with state or city governments are often inconsistent, posing difficulties for multi-jurisdiction employers.
On July 6, 2015, the proposed rule issued by the Department of Labor to revise the “white collar” overtime exemptions was published in the Federal Register, triggering the start of the 60-day comment period.
