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29 Jun 2015, 4:56 pm
Authored by Alex Passantino According to Politico, the White House will begin to announce details of the long-anticipated revisions to the overtime regulations on Tuesday morning. [read post]
21 May 2015, 3:14 pm
Authored by Alex Passantino In the Department of Labor’s regulatory agenda for Spring 2015, the Wage & Hour Division announced a request for information (RFI) regarding “the use of technology, including portable electronic devices, by employees away from the workplace and outside of scheduled work hours outside of scheduled work outside of scheduled work hours. [read post]
1 Oct 2014, 8:55 am
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]
5 May 2015, 7:49 am
Authored by Alex Passantino According to a blog post by Secretary Perez, the Department of Labor has submitted its proposed rule to OMB for review. [read post]
19 Mar 2015, 12:35 pm
Authored by Alex Passantino On Wednesday, Secretary of Labor Thomas E. [read post]
15 Mar 2016, 4:11 am
Authored by Alex Passantino The Department of Labor has submitted the final overtime rule to OMB for review. [read post]
27 May 2015, 6:34 pm
Authored by Alex Passantino On Thursday, the Department of Labor and the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council will issue proposed guidance and proposed regulations, respectively, regarding the implementation of the President’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order. [read post]
1 Oct 2013, 3:09 am
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]
15 Sep 2015, 1:19 pm
Authored by Alex Passantino As we blogged last year, the President’s Executive Order establishing a minimum wage for certain federal contractor employees requires that the minimum wage be adjusted on an annual basis. [read post]
7 Jun 2017, 7:28 am
Authored by Alex Passantino On June 7, Department of Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta announced the withdrawal of the DOL’s 2015 and 2016 Administrator Interpretations (“AIs”) on joint employment and independent contractors. [read post]
4 Oct 2014, 9:04 am
Authored by Alex Passantino Back in May, the Department of Labor announced a target date of November 2014 for publication of a proposed rule on revisions to the Part 541 regulations (pp. 56-57). [read post]
17 Dec 2013, 5:53 am
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]
25 Jul 2017, 10:41 am
Authored by Alex Passantino On July 26, 2017, the U.S. [read post]
13 Jun 2014, 5:58 pm
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]
5 Mar 2012, 10:19 am
Authored by Alex Passantino On February 29, 2012, the Deputy Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the U.S. [read post]
16 Apr 2012, 12:50 pm
By Richard Alfred, Alex Passantino, and Jessica Schauer Seasoned advocates, an engaged bench, and the hottest area of employment law made for an exciting oral argument this morning at the U.S. [read post]
31 Oct 2012, 8:33 am
Co-authored by Alex Passantino and Louisa Johnson The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed a district court’s decision that an employer does not violate the FLSA by strategically defining when its “workweek” begins and ends in the manner that restricts to the largest extent possible the overtime hours its employees will incur. [read post]
22 Sep 2014, 8:59 am
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]
12 Mar 2014, 6:25 am
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]
8 Mar 2019, 6:59 am
By Alex Passantino Since 2015, we have been following the saga of the salary threshold for the FLSA’s white-collar exemptions (most of them, at least). [read post]
