The U.S. Department of Labor published a final rule on September 23, 2021 clarifying several amendments to section 3(m) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that concern tip pooling.
Pursuant to Executive Order 14042, Ensuring Adequate COVID Safety Protocols for Federal Contractors, the Safer Federal Workforce Task Force has released Guidance for Federal Contractors and Subcontractors.
These Q&As address some of the common employer concerns regarding President Biden’s COVID-19 Action Plan and the upcoming OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard.
NLRB General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo recently issued a hard-hitting Memorandum urging the Board’s regional offices to consider closely the full scope of aggressive remedies she deems available to them for issuance against employers.
The California legislature has wrapped up its annual legislative session, once again sending a number of employment and labor law bills to Governor Newsom’s desk.
With supporters of the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act unable to advance the legislation under the regular rules of the Senate, they are now attempting to move pieces of the legislation by way of special rules relating to the federal budget.
Over a year and a half since the pandemic first started to take its toll on the health and welfare of individuals and the economy, the country is still reeling and struggling to recover.
On September 1, 2021, the OFCCP announced that it was reversing its prior position regarding the use of EEO-1 compensation data collected by the EEOC for calendar years 2018 and 2019.
There’s a new sheriff in town at the NLRB, and she is charting a new course for the Board. On August 12, the NLRB's new general counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo, issued Memorandum 21-04, instructing NLRB regional directors on her litigation priorities.
