On August 3, 2015, less than one month after the introduction of the original bill, the Pittsburgh City Council passed an amended bill requiring virtually all employers within the city to provide paid sick leave.
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 expansive interpretation of meal and rest break regulations continues in Washington State, as the state's highest court has ruled that agricultural piece-rate workers are entitled to separate paid rest breaks.
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.
On July 2, 2015, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued two eagerly awaited decisions that may dampen the recent wave of collective and class actions filed by unpaid interns claiming they should be paid employees.
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.
