November 15, 2023
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Category: Comment Letter

CWC Comments to DOL Object to Proposal for Expanding White Collar Overtime Pay

The Center for Workplace Compliance (CWC), our affiliated nonprofit membership association, has filed written comments with the Department of Labor (DOL) objecting to its proposed rule that would substantially increase the salary test for white-collar overtime regulations. CWC’s comments question whether the proposal is needed and whether it exceeds DOL’s authority under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). If finalized...
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October 30, 2023
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Category: Congress

Key Appointments Update: Looman New DOL Wage and Hour Administrator, Burrows Clears Committee

The U.S. Senate recently took two significant steps regarding President Biden’s nominees for key workplace enforcement agency positions. It confirmed Jessica Looman as the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Administrator, nearly 18 months after she was nominated. In another development, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee approved and sent to the Senate floor President Biden’s nomination of...
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October 09, 2023
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Category: Executive Order

DOL Announces Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Rates To Increase on January 1, 2024

The minimum wage rates for work performed under specified government contracts will increase January 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced. The minimum wage under contracts subject to E.O. 13658 (President Obama’s executive order relating to certain government contracts entered into, renewed, or with options exercised before January 30, 2022), will increase from $12.15 to $12.90. The...
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September 19, 2023
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Category: Agency Enforcement

EEOC and DOL’s Wage and Hour Division Sign Partnership Pact To Enhance Enforcement Efforts

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The agreement details the agencies’ plan to establish a referral system, share information, coordinate investigations, cross-train personnel, and conduct joint outreach events. The EEOC and WHD, which have broad authority over federal employment laws, said the...
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September 05, 2023
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Category: FLSA

DOL Proposed Rule Would Make Millions of White Collar Workers Eligible for Overtime

The Department of Labor (DOL) has released its long-expected proposal to revise the regulations governing the minimum wage and overtime exemption for salaried employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The proposed rule would increase by nearly 55 percent the current salary threshold under which an otherwise exempt white collar worker would qualify for overtime pay. Specifically, the minimum...
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August 23, 2023
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Category: Wage and Hour

DOL Finalizes Wage Regulations Benefiting Union Construction Contractors

The Department of Labor (DOL) has finalized significant revisions to its regulations implementing the Davis-Bacon Act (DBA) for the first time in 40 years. The revisions are likely to make it much easier for unionized construction firms to obtain contract awards by significantly increasing the use of union wage rates in setting prevailing wages on federal construction projects. The revised regulations...
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July 24, 2023
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Category: FLSA

Federal Court Once Again Rejects Restaurant Industry’s Challenge to Revised Tip Credit Rule

For the second time, a federal trial court in Texas has rejected an attempt by the restaurant industry to block enforcement of revised tip credit regulations issued by the Biden Administration’s Labor Department. The trial court’s latest ruling in Restaurant Law Center v. DOL, W.D. Tex. (July 6, 2023), comes after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reversed...
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July 19, 2023
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Category: Disability, Accommodations, and Leaves

New DOL Opinion Letter Addresses How Holiday Impacts Weekly Leave Entitlement

The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a rare opinion letter under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) addressing the calculation of leave used by an employee who takes less than a full week of FMLA leave during a week that includes a holiday. DOL’s letter opines that if an employee takes less than a full week of FMLA...
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June 21, 2023
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Category: FLSA

Sixth Circuit Rejects Two-Step Procedure for Certifying FLSA Class Claims

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit has rejected the often plaintiff-friendly conditional certification that many courts grant in allowing a collective action under the Fair Labor Standards Act to proceed. Instead, the court has adopted a standard that requires lead plaintiffs to first show a “strong likelihood” that other employees are similarly situated before allowing them to...
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June 21, 2023
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Category: Agency Enforcement

Latest Biden Regulatory Agenda Lists No New Workplace Initiatives

The Biden Administration’s latest semi-annual regulatory agenda, published on June 13, 2023, lists no new initiatives related to workplace compliance, as many of the initiatives it announced previously remain bogged down pending final action. This memo summarizes the latest workplace-related regulatory agendas of the Department of Labor (DOL) and its sub-agencies, such as the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs...
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