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Congress proposes time limit on Acting DOL Secretary

Both Senate and House Republicans have proposed bills to limit Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su’s tenure. The House proposed the Department of Labor Succession Act (H.R. 4957), which would place the line of succession...

Oct 01, 2023 · Federal Employment Law Insider

Judge orders Southwest attorneys to religious freedom training

On August 7, 2023, U.S. District Judge Brantley Starr sanctioned three Southwest Airlines Co. attorneys for failing to comply with a court order after the company lost a religious bias lawsuit. The judge sanctioned the...

Oct 01, 2023 · Federal Employment Law Insider

New challenges to DEI after SFFA

The diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and affirmative action programs used by many employers are facing challenges that have escalated following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on June 29, 2023, in the Harvard College...

Oct 01, 2023 · Federal Employment Law Insider

DOL proposes huge increase on overtime threshold

The Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed an increase to the Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA) annual salary-level threshold for white-collar exemptions to overtime requirements—raising it to $55,068 ($1059/week) from...

Oct 01, 2023 · Federal Employment Law Insider

NLRB supports unions without elections

The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Cemex decision reaffirms that elections aren’t the only appropriate path for seeking union representation. With this muted assertion, the Board overturns 50 years of labor law...

Oct 01, 2023 · Federal Employment Law Insider

New Davis-Bacon rule expands coverage, raises prevailing wage

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued the highly anticipated update of its Davis-Bacon rule. The 800+ page rule expands coverage to include new-technology projects and—by altering the prevailing wage “formula”—is...

Oct 01, 2023 · Federal Employment Law Insider

For the wages of sin is . . . $145,000?

A California employer recently learned the hard way that a competent legal strategy for defending against a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) claim shouldn’t include hiring a supposed priest to dupe employees. And, yes...

Sep 29, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

Hyatt’s late checkout of final payment

We all know that wages are due upon termination of employment. But during the COVID mandatory leaves and shutdowns, when did employment end, and when were final checks due? In one of an ongoing series of decisions...

Sep 29, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · California

SCOTUS increases employers’ burden for denying religious accommodations

Employers will now have to show a higher degree of hardship to deny employee requests for religious accommodation. Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and 29 C.F.R. § 1605.2(b)(1), employers are required to...

Sep 25, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · New York · Texas · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming · New England · Connecticut · Maine · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Rhode Island · Vermont · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota

Want applicants to beat a path to your door? Beef up your job postings

It seems employers everywhere and in all lines of work too often struggle to find top quality job candidates. It’s not just employers who are frustrated. Jobseekers are equally exasperated because job postings often don...

Sep 25, 2023 · Employment Law Letter · New York · Texas · Great Lakes · Illinois · Indiana · Michigan · Ohio · Wisconsin · Mid-Atlantic · Delaware · Maryland · New Jersey · Pennsylvania · Virginia · Midsouth · Kentucky · North Carolina · South Carolina · Tennessee · West Virginia · Midwest · Arkansas · Kansas · Missouri · Oklahoma · Mountain West · Colorado · Idaho · Montana · New Mexico · Utah · Wyoming · New England · Connecticut · Maine · Massachusetts · New Hampshire · Rhode Island · Vermont · Southeast · Alabama · Florida · Georgia · Louisiana · Mississippi · Upper Midwest · Iowa · Minnesota · Nebraska · North Dakota · South Dakota