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23 Jun 2014, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman Late last week the House of Representatives narrowly approved the inclusion of an amendment in the Department of Defense (DoD) appropriations bill that would prohibit the agency from using contractors that have incurred Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violations within the past five years. [read post]
19 Jun 2014, 12:00 am
Lotito Ilyse Wolens Schuman Two months after President Obama issued an Executive Order directing the Department of Labor to "modernize and streamline" the agency’s "white collar" overtime exemption regulations governing the scope of the executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Senate lawmakers have introduced… [read post]
17 Jun 2014, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman The White House on Monday announced that President Obama will soon issue an Executive Order (E.O.) banning certain federal contractors from discriminating against their employees on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. [read post]
12 Jun 2014, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman The Department of Labor has issued a proposed rule to implement the new Executive Order (E.O) 13658 – Establishing a Minimum Wage for Contractors – which raises the minimum wage of certain federal contractors to $10.10 per hour starting January 1, 2015. [read post]
10 Jun 2014, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) 2012 guidance on an employer’s use of criminal background checks is an example of administrative overreach and should be withdrawn, according to panelists testifying before a House subcommittee panel on Tuesday. [read post]
27 May 2014, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman Michael J. [read post]
21 May 2014, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman During a Senate subcommittee hearing on whistleblowing last month, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Assistant Secretary David Michaels lamented the relatively short 30-day statute of limitations for filing a whistleblower claim under section 11(c) of the OSH Act. [read post]
5 May 2014, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman Following the release of a proposed rule that would amend employer COBRA notice requirements in light of new Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) insurance exchange options, the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has issued new online guidance for employers.read more [read post]
30 Apr 2014, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman As expected, Senate supporters of the Minimum Wage Fairness Act (S.read more [read post]
29 Apr 2014, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman During a Senate Subcommittee hearing on the adequacy of private sector whistleblower laws, Littler Shareholder and co-chair of the firm’s Whistleblowing and Retaliation Practice Group Gregory Keating urged lawmakers to “consider alternatives to increased penalties and deterrents in the whistleblowing context,” and recommended ways in which employers can adopt and promote cultures of compliance that encourage employees… [read post]
28 Apr 2014, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman The revised Senate rule allowing certain presidential nominations to be confirmed with a simple majority vote – previously ridiculed as the “nuclear option” – enabled the Senate on Monday to confirm David Weil as the next administrator of the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD). [read post]
11 Apr 2014, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman Nearly 50 speakers have or are slated to testify during the National Labor Relations Board’s 2-day public meeting on the proposed expedited or “ambush” election rule. [read post]
10 Apr 2014, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman During a Wednesday markup session, the House Committee on Education and the Workforce voted along party lines in favor of sending to the House floor two bills that would effectively prevent the National Labor Relations Board from moving forward with its proposed expedited or “ambush” election rule in its current form. [read post]
9 Apr 2014, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman As expected, Senate supporters of the Paycheck Fairness Act (S.read more [read post]
7 Apr 2014, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman Michael J. [read post]
3 Apr 2014, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman As expected, the House of Representatives approved legislation on Thursday that would change the definition of “full-time employee” under the Affordable Care Act. [read post]
2 Apr 2014, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued an interim final rule and request for comments on the procedures for handling retaliation complaints under the employee protection provision of the Consumer Financial Protection Act (CFPA).read more [read post]
2 Apr 2014, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman House lawmakers raised pointed questions concerning the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the Wage and Hour Division during an appropriations subcommittee hearing on the Department of Labor’s FY 2015 budget request. [read post]
2 Apr 2014, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman In advance of an expected floor vote, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions held a hearing on April 1 to discuss the merits of the Paycheck Fairness Act (S. 84). [read post]
27 Mar 2014, 12:00 am
Ilyse Wolens Schuman Michael J. [read post]
