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Final overtime rule: OT salary threshold to hit $58,656 on Jan. 1, with interim hike to $43,888 on July 1

04/23/2024

Exempt employees earning less than $58,656 per year on Jan. 1, 2025, will be entitled to overtime pay when they work more than 40 hours in a workweek under a long-awaited final rule issued April 23 by the Department of Labor.

Senate, House vote to overturn NLRB joint-employer rule, Biden expected to veto

04/22/2024

The Senate voted 50–48 on April 10 to repeal the rule using provisions of the Congressional Review Act.

Federal court says technicality makes PWFA unconstitutional

04/05/2024

A federal trial court in Texas has dealt a blow to the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, ruling on a technicality that the federal law requiring most employers to reasonably accommodate pregnancy-related limitations is unconstitutional.

Bill introduced to make 32-hour workweek the norm

03/25/2024

The Thirty-Two Hour Workweek Act would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to cut the standard workweek from 40 hours per week to 32.

Pending Supreme Court ruling could cause regulatory chaos

03/25/2024

The Chevron rule has been the basis for federal agency rulemaking since 1984. Based on questioning during arguments in Loper v. Raimondo and Relentless v. Department of Commerce, it looks as if the court is ready to either overturn Chevron or severely limit its reach. A decision is expected no later than the end of the current Supreme Court term in June.

DOL worker-classification rule the ‘law of the land’—for now

03/18/2024

The Department of Labor’s new final rule defining how workers should be classified as either employees or independent contractors went into effect March 11. That’s despite several pending lawsuits that seek to prevent the DOL from enforcing the rule.

Lawsuits seek to block enforcement of DOL’s final worker-classification rule

03/08/2024

Opponents of the Department of Labor’s newly final worker-classification rule have filed at least four lawsuits seeking to prevent enforcement of the rule when it takes effect on March 11.

DOL overtime rule advances to last step before becoming final

03/08/2024

The Department of Labor’s rule expanding access to overtime pay for an additional 3.6 million exempt employees is now under review by the Office of Management and Budget, the last step in the regulatory process before a final rule is issued.

PWFA enforcement halted in Texas

03/04/2024

A federal judge has ordered the federal government not to enforce the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act in Texas after the state government filed a lawsuit contesting how the law was passed.

PUMP Act suit against McDonald’s shows cost of ignoring the law

03/01/2024

A group of new mothers have brought one of the first PUMP Act class-action lawsuits. The case illustrates the legal folly of cutting corners on PUMP Act compliance.