Labor Days
Complimentary Webinar: Wage & Hour Laws
Tuesday, May 18th at 12:30pm ET Wage & Hour Laws: How To Avoid Common Pitfalls The DOL’s Wage and Hour Division recovered a record $1.4 billion in back wages for workers in the past 5 years. According to the WHD,…
Paid Sick Leave Trends: States and Localities Step In Where Federal Law Falls Short
Paid sick and family leave is expanding. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and the special pressures it has placed on parents and families, has renewed the push for mandated paid sick and family leave. Congress’ decision…
Are Unions Primed for a Comeback?
For years, employee interest in unions has dwindled. But a pandemic, persistent income inequality and high unemployment—not to mention the most pro-union Presidential administration in generations—have all converged to…
The DOL Announces Plans to Rescind Two Final—and High-Impact—Rules
As we have previously noted on this blog, a central aim of the Trump administration was to take aim at—and rescind—Obama-era labor rules. The Trump Department of Labor (DOL) took what was perceived as a consistently…
Complimentary Webinar: Immediate Employment Law Impacts Under Biden Admin
Forget speculation about what is to come: the Biden administration has already acted to unravel the Trump legacy in employment and labor regulation—and to expand worker protections. Join us on April 15, 2020 at 12:30…