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REMINDER: Webinar on April 13 and Summary of Families First Coronavirus...
Throughout this past week, we have provided a comprehensive analysis of the various provisions of the federal Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), the first ever federal law requiring the...
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Los Angeles Implements Multiple Employment-Related Measures Responding to...
Ordinances and Executive Orders require paid sick leave, provide additional protections for grocery, drug store, and food delivery employees, and mandatory face make use Like many other US cities and...
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US DOL Provides More Guidance On Pandemic Unemployment Assistance:...
As most everyone now knows, among other things, the massive $2 trillion-plus CARES Act created multiple federal unemployment compensation programs for individuals impacted by the novel coronavirus...
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Employer’s Guide to Return-to-Work Issues: COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (US)
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency has changed life as we know it, including by severely disrupting business on a nationwide scale. In some cases, employers have been...
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US Department of Labor Issues Additional Informal Guidance on Families First...
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) has been in effect for nearly six weeks and, as practical challenges with interpreting and implementing the Act surface, the Department of Labor...
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Navigating Employee Return-to-Work Issues (US)
On Friday, May 15, 2020, Arizona’s “Stay Home, Stay Healthy, Stay Connected” order will expire. At that time, only a handful of states (Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, and New Jersey) will still...
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Department of Labor Continues to Loosen Restrictions on Calculating Overtime...
In what Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia called a step in the US Department of Labor’s (DOL) goal of lessening “unnecessary regulatory burdens” on businesses, on May 20, 2020 the DOL released a final rule...
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DOL Update: COVID-19-Related Guidance and New Opinion Letters (US)
During the week of June 22, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) Wage and Hour Division (“WHD”) issued three Field Assistance Bulletins, each providing guidance to WHD field staff regarding three...
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FLSA Compliance Update: Employers Must Exercise Reasonable Diligence In...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many employers have implemented teleworking and other remote work arrangements for their employees. Because these employees are not physically present in the workplace,...
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Department of Labor Schools Parents On Leave Options During Virtual Learning...
We previously blogged on the myriad challenges faced by workers whose children are returning to school this fall: some online, some in-person, and some a combination of both. As we noted in our prior...
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Department of Labor Issues Opinion Letter Clarifying Availability of...
In the U.S., employees must be paid overtime compensation at a rate of one-and-one-half times their regular rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of forty (40) per workweek unless specifically...
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US Department of Labor Proposes New (and Relaxed) Independent Contractor Test...
On September 22, 2020, the US Department of Labor (DOL) issued proposed regulations aimed at codifying the classification of independent contractors under federal wage and hour law. If adopted—and the...
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Empire State Alert: New York State Sick Leave Is Finally Here (US)
As we reported here, among the sweeping pieces of legislation signed during the early periods of the COVID-19 pandemic was the passage of New York’s permanent statewide sick leave law. Under the New...
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Voting Leave: What US Employers Need To Know As Election Day 2020 Approaches
With Election Day just a few weeks away, it’s an appropriate time to refresh our understanding of state voting leave laws and the obligations imposed on private sector employers by those laws. Although...
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Planning Ahead for the End (For Now) of the Families First Coronavirus...
Throughout 2020, we have provided updates on the adoption of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), its implementing regulations, and its amended regulations. In these updates, we have...
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State Law Round-Up: Year End Edition – PART ONE (California – Hawaii) (US)
As we (thankfully) reach the end of 2020, we wanted to provide a year-end update on recent and upcoming state law developments. Despite the fact that state and local governments had their hands full...
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State Law Round-Up: Year End Edition – PART TWO (Illinois – Washington, D.C.)...
In Part One of our year-end State Law Roundup, we covered national minimum wage developments and developments in states at the beginning of the alphabet: California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, and...
View Article2020’s parting gift to UK employers – you really shouldn’t have
It is easy to dismiss some EAT decisions as a storm in a teacup, legally-speaking, all very traumatic for those bobbing about in them, but of little significance to the wider world of employment law or...
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Biden-Led Department Of Labor Pulls The Plug On Voluntary Wage And Hour...
In early 2018, we reported [see here and here] that the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) had launched a pilot program to encourage employers to voluntarily report violations of the Fair Labor Standards...
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Fifth Circuit Issues Timely Reminder Regarding the Importance of Employers...
A recent decision from a federal appeals court highlights the perils for employers associated with lax recordkeeping of employee work hours and wage information. It is well-established that every...
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