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Q We’re worried there may be an increase in worksite enforcement investigations. What can we do to prepare? There was a surge in worksite enforcement investigations in fiscal year 2018 by U.S. Immigration and Customs...

Jan 01, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming

On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)published a new final rule revising its guidance on independent contractor classifications under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Effective March 11, 2024, the...

Jan 01, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · New England · Connecticut · Maine · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Rhode Island · Vermont

On November 15, 2024, a federal judge in Texas struck down a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) final rule that would have increased the salary threshold, in multiple phases, for exemptions from overtime pay under the...

Jan 01, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · New England · Connecticut · Maine · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Rhode Island · Vermont

As many employers discovered during the COVID-19 pandemic, one of the most complex components of leave can be whether an employee’s health insurance is continued throughout the leave or whether, according to the health...

Jan 01, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota

Q How can we discipline a new employee who takes unplanned, unexcused days off for sickness, family emergencies, etc.? We don’t currently have a policy on how many unexcused days off are allowed. Wisconsin employers have...

Jan 01, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin

Q We have an employee who took four days off to tend to his daughter in the hospital after she received a C-section and another who wants to take three weeks off to assist her sibling going through chemotherapy. Would...

Jan 01, 2025 · Employment Law Letter · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin

Donald Trump and the Republicans’ sweeping victory promises to bring equally sweeping changes to the federal government. This issue of FELI will examine the likely impact of the new administration on each of the major...

Dec 01, 2024 · Federal Employment Law Insider

President-elect Donald Trump is expected to make major changes to the federal government in his second term, including an overhaul of the workforce enforcement agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

Dec 01, 2024 · Federal Employment Law Insider

There are many uncertainties about the actions of President-elect Donald Trump. One thing is certain: National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel (GC) Jennifer Abruzzo will be fired at once. In this (perhaps...

Dec 01, 2024 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Companies that demand employees provide medical records or family medical history during pre-employment physicals or fitness-for-duty exams are being challenged under the federal Genetic Nondiscrimination Act of 2008...

Dec 01, 2024 · Federal Employment Law Insider

In Texas v. DOL, a federal district judge granted summary judgment (dismissal without a trial) for the state of Texas and various trade groups and blocked the Biden administration’s overtime rule on a nationwide basis...

Dec 01, 2024 · Federal Employment Law Insider