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4/24/2024 3:51:15 PM U.S. Department of Labor mandates two salary threshold increases for white collar FLSA exemptions and a mechanism for future automatic increases By Betty Graumlich Christopher Bouriat Noah Oberlander On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final regulatory rule that will raise the minimum salary threshold for...
1/12/2024 5:30:31 PM Navigating the labor landscape: Department of Labor announces final rule on independent contractors By Christopher Bouriat Wendy Choi On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its final independent contractor rule in the Federal Registrar in an...
8/31/2023 9:47:29 PM U.S. Department of Labor proposes nearly 55 percent increase in the salary threshold for white collar exemptions with automatic increases By Betty Graumlich Christopher Bouriat Noah Oberlander On August 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a regulatory rule that would raise the minimum salary threshold for...
8/9/2023 8:11:54 PM U.S. Department of Labor’s prevailing wage rate rule impacts over one million workers and $200 billion in projects By Christopher Bouriat Joshua Sallmen On August 8, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule that will change the prevailing wage rate landscape for...
7/18/2022 6:40:08 PM Pennsylvania on the path to increase threshold for tipped employees (part 2) By Veronica Miclot Christopher Bouriat In our original post, we reviewed the Pennsylvania Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) approval of proposed new regulations...
4/13/2022 8:43:09 PM Pennsylvania on the path to increase threshold for tipped employees By Veronica Miclot Christopher Bouriat In November 2021, Governor Tom Wolf’s administration proposed a new regulation that will require tipped employees to earn at least $135 a...
3/14/2022 3:49:48 AM Biden signs federal law restricting sexual harassment and assault arbitration By Alexandra Manfredi Christopher Bouriat Mallory McCarthy Mark Goldstein +1 more... Show less On March 3, President Joe Biden signed into law one of the most significant modifications ever made to federal arbitration law. Known as...
2/15/2022 10:49:38 PM Congress passes bill prohibiting sexual harassment and assault arbitration By Veronica Miclot Christopher Bouriat On February 7, 2022, the United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 4445, which would modify the Federal Arbitration Act by...