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1 Oct 2014, 8:55 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Authored by Alex Passantino Despite the fact that the rule is as of today still listed as under review by the Office of Management and Budget, the Labor Department announced that it would publish a final rule implementing Executive Order 13658 in the October 7, 2014, Federal Register. [read post]
22 Sep 2014, 8:59 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Authored by Alex Passantino Last Friday, the Department of Labor’s Wage & Hour Division (WHD) submitted to the White House Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) its Final Rule to implement a $10.10 minimum wage for federal contractor employees pursuant to Executive Order 13658. [read post]
20 Jun 2014, 1:10 pm by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Authored by Alex Passantino Earlier this week, Senator Harkin, along with eight Democrat co-sponsors, introduced the “Restoring Overtime Pay for Working Americans Act. [read post]
13 Jun 2014, 5:58 pm by Colin O'Keefe
In today’s roundup, Alex Passantino has a detailed breakdown of the DOL moving towards a $10.10 minimum wage for employees working on federal contracts. [read post]
12 Jun 2014, 4:39 pm by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Authored by Alex Passantino Earlier today, the Department of Labor’s Wage & Hour Division (WHD) announced that it will publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to implement a $10.10 minimum wage for federal contractor employees pursuant to Executive Order 13658. [read post]
8 May 2014, 8:58 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Authored by Alex Passantino The Department of Labor (DOL) has taken the next step in making a $10.10 minimum wage for government contract employees a reality. [read post]
29 Apr 2014, 4:57 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Authored by Alex Passantino Today, for the first time in a decade, the Wage & Hour Division has a Senate-confirmed Administrator. [read post]
13 Mar 2014, 10:25 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Authored by Alex Passantino As we expected when we reported on this yesterday, President Obama today signed a Presidential memorandum directing the Secretary of Labor to “restore the common sense principles” related to overtime. [read post]
12 Mar 2014, 6:25 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Authored by Alex Passantino Today, the New York Times reported that the Obama Administration intends to propose comprehensive changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s most significant exemptions — the exemptions for executive, administrative, and professional employees. [read post]
5 Mar 2014, 1:53 pm by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Co-authored by Alex Passantino and Lawrence Lorber Yesterday, the White House released the President’s budget request for FY2015. [read post]
23 Dec 2013, 6:59 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Authored by Alex Passantino It’s the week before Christmas, so you know it’s the time For our review of the year—our wage-hour rhyme. [read post]
17 Dec 2013, 5:53 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Authored by Alex Passantino In a recent newsletter, the Department of Labor announced that, in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, the Wage & Hour Division recovered $249,954,412 in back wages for more than 269,250 workers. [read post]
23 Oct 2013, 1:43 pm by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Co-authored by Brett Bartlett, Nicole Bogard, Alex Passantino, David Pilson, and Kevin Young Since it was signed into law in March 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or “ACA,” has been a focus of national attention. [read post]
23 Oct 2013, 1:43 pm by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Co-authored by Brett Bartlett, Nicole Bogard, Alex Passantino, David Pilson, and Kevin Young Since it was signed into law in March 2010, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or “ACA,” has been a focus of national attention. [read post]
17 Oct 2013, 12:37 pm by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Co-authored by Meredith Bailey and Alex Passantino Early this morning, President Obama signed legislation ending the sixteen-day federal government shutdown and returning hundreds of thousands of federal employees back to work. [read post]
17 Oct 2013, 12:37 pm by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Co-authored by Meredith Bailey and Alex Passantino Early this morning, President Obama signed legislation ending the sixteen-day federal government shutdown and returning hundreds of thousands of federal employees back to work. [read post]
1 Oct 2013, 3:09 am by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Co-authored by Annette Kim and Alex Passantino If Congress continues in its inability to pass a spending bill, the federal government will be faced with a partial shutdown of key federal programs and agencies. [read post]
10 Sep 2013, 5:42 pm by Seyfarth Shaw LLP
 Authored by Alex Passantino Nearly six years after the last confirmed Administrator left office, President Obama announced today his intention to nominate David Weil to serve as the Administrator of the U.S. [read post]