The Department of Labor has announced that it will not enforce the Biden Administration’s interpretation of when workers are considered independent contractors versus employees. However, employers seeking to minimize the risk from private litigation

The House Committee on Education and the Workforce advanced two bills to amend the FLSA. These bills would have the effect of incentivizing employers to offer voluntary job-related training and to provide overtime-eligible employees with child and de

President Trump has nominated the EEOC’s Acting General Counsel, Andrew Rogers, to serve as the next Administrator of DOL’s Wage and Hour Division.

Another challenge to DOL’s Biden-era independent contractor rule has been dismissed. While it is possible the Trump Administration will revisit this rule, for now the rule remains in effect.

A new executive order from President Trump has revoked the increase to the federal contractor minimum wage implemented by the Biden Administration.

In the final days of the Biden Administration, DOL issued two opinion letters that provide non-binding guidance on (1) how federal FMLA leave interacts with state paid family leave programs and (2) a manager’s ability to share tips with other service

A federal appeals court has upheld former President Biden’s federal contractor minimum wage mandate. While contractors must continue to comply with Executive Order 14026, there is some disagreement among the appeals courts that could lead to a differ

Last week, the Supreme Court unanimously rejected a lower court’s ruling that applied a tougher standard for employers to prove FLSA exemptions. The decision should make it easier for employers to defend their decisions to utilize the FLSA’s exemptio

The Labor Department has issued an opinion letter on whether employee expense reimbursements must be included in a regular rate of pay calculation.

The Department of Labor has proposed phasing out a program that allows payment of “subminimum wages” to individuals with disabilities. Comments are due by January 17, 2025, the last business day during the Biden Administration.

A federal appeals court ruled that President Biden exceeded his authority when he raised the federal contractor minimum wage to $15 per hour. This decision marks growing disagreement between courts regarding the President’s powers under the Procureme

A federal district court has vacated the Biden Administration’s rule increasing the minimum salary level to classify a worker as an exempt executive, administrative, or professional employee.

Limited enforcement data reported by the Labor Department under the Fair Labor Standards Act show that DOL recovery of back wages for violations has dropped to its lowest level in a decade.

The minimum wage rate on certain government contracts subject to coverage under separate Executive Orders issued by Presidents Obama and Biden will increase on January 1, 2025.

In a ruling that has implications for pending legal challenges to Biden Administration revisions to the FLSA’s white collar overtime exemption regulations, the appeals court has ruled the Department of Labor has authority to impose a salary level tes

The federal appeals court has thrown out the Biden Administration’s 2021 rule governing how tipped employees should be paid, finding that the rule is contrary to the statutory language of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

The new minimum weekly salary of $844 for a white-collar employee to qualify for exemption from federal overtime coverage has taken effect except for employees of the state of Texas, based on a federal court’s preliminary injunction.

A recent lawsuit filed by the Labor Department against an auto manufacturer and its supplier and the supplier’s staffing company suggests a return to the controversial “fissured workplace” theory, putting employers on notice that the agency is closel

Our updated Talking Points are designed to educate your managers and supervisors on the Department of Labor’s 2024 revisions to its “white collar” overtime regulations, and to help them answer questions they may receive about the new requirements.

A bill approved by Congress to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration for another five years contains a provision regarding lactation protection for airline crew members.

MEMBER FEEDBACK REQUESTED. CWC recently held a Members Only web workshop on the Labor Department’s new white collar overtime regulations, which are currently scheduled to go into effect beginning on July 1, 2024. Our memo summarizes a number of compl

The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that President Biden acted within his authority in raising the minimum wage paid to workers employed on certain government contracts. In the meantime, two other federal appeals courts have yet to weigh in.

CWC WEB WORKSHOP on May 7, 2024. The Biden Administration’s Labor Department has issued revised regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act that will make thousands of additional salaried white collar workers eligible for overtime pay.

The Biden Department of Labor’s new independent contractor rule for worker classification determinations under the FLSA went into effect as scheduled on March 11, 2024, although it is still subject to several legal challenges.

Limited enforcement data reported recently by the Labor Department under the Family and Medical Leave and Fair Labor Standards Acts covering fiscal year 2023 do not show much of a change from FY 2022.