The U.S. Department of Labor has issued guidance, FAQs, model notices and other materials related to the American Rescue Plan's COBRA Premium Assistance Program. If you want to know if your company has to comply with the premium assistance program, schedule a consultation with us. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IbHQprhazk ...
The Department of Labor pulled a Trump Administration rule that governed how to classify workers as independent contractors. That is a normal action, but the Biden Administration will likely impose the difficult ABC test for independent contractors which would then apply to all workers. So even...
A federal judge in New York City issued a ruling in a lawsuit between the State of New York and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) regarding the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA). One issue in the case is whether the DOL exceeded its...
On September 25, the United States Department of Labor issued a final regulation dealing with salary levels for overtime pay. This is the overtime rule. This is not the first time I’ve talked about this, there are other blog posts. But, those posts dealt with the Obama administration. The...
Here is a quick update on the overtime rules newly proposed by the United States Department of Labor. The notice of proposed rulemaking on overtime requirements (which is the first step of the Labor Department’s regulatory process) has been issued. Under the current enforced law dealing...
A couple of years ago, I freaked out some people when I started writing on changes made to overtime policies by the Department of Labor. After appropriately scaring everyone, it turned out that a federal judge in Texas gave several folks a big fat Christmas...
Back in November, a federal judge in Texas ordered a temporary, nationwide injunction against the implementation of the Department of Labor's white collar overtime rule. The government appealed that decision and that appeal has been ongoing. Well, we have a new President now (in case you...
Colleges are beginning their spring semesters, summer will soon be upon us, and internships are still a common staple in education and business worlds. For businesses, there has been an extreme reluctance to engage in big internship programs because the U.S. Department of Labor had...