April 29th, 2019 On April 25, 2019, Judge Tanya Chutkan issued an order in National Women’s Law Center, et al. v. Office of Management and Budget, et […]
WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today released a policy statement regarding Association Health Plans (AHPs). The Department disagrees with the district court’s ruling […]
Robin Shea, partner with leading national labor and employment law firm (and ThinkHR strategic employment law partner) Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP, explains what employers need […]
CHICAGO, IL – The U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, granted a motion allowing Morgan Administration Inc. and associated debtors doing […]
April 22nd, 2019 Discrimination Complaints On March 21, 2019, Alaska’s Lieutenant Governor Kevin Meyer notified Alaska’s Governor, Marti Buscaglia, about permanent regulations that modify the state’s […]
April 22nd, 2019 Minimum Wage and Direct Sales On April 3, 2019, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb signed legislation (S.B. 231) excluding a direct seller from the […]
April 22nd, 2019 Poster Update On April 1, 2019, the Nevada Office of the Labor Commissioner updated the following bulletins for 2019: Annual Minimum Wage; and […]
On April 10, 2019, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released detailed breakdowns for the 76,418 charges of workplace discrimination the agency received in fiscal […]
April 16th, 2019 Question: What should employers do to prepare for the anticipated January 1, 2020, effective date of new DOL’s white collar exemptions? Answer: On […]
April 11th, 2019 Question: What determines if an employee falls within one of the FLSA white collar exemptions? Answer: Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), […]
EEOC Proposes September 2019 for Submission of EEO-1 Component Two data On March 3, 2019, the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a submission (in […]
March 1st, 2018 This year’s flu season is a rough one. Although the predominant strains of this year’s influenza viruses were represented in the vaccine, they […]
March 6th, 2018 March Madness is upon us, and there is no avoiding it. Selection Sunday, when the NCAA Division 1 Men’s Basketball Committee announces which […]
March 7th, 2018 On March 5, 2018, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced a reduction in the maximum annual contribution allowed for Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) […]