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[co-author: Mollie Deyong, Articled Student] The basic ground rules for the traditional bidding process, as set out in the seminal Supreme Court of Canada decision in Ron Engineering, as later modified in the MJB decision, are now well understood,...By: Dentons

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on November 1 extended the validity of Temporary Protected Status (TPS)-related documentation for beneficiaries under the TPS designations for El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, and Sudan...By: Morgan Lewis

Last year, the Washington Supreme Court considered the following certified question: “Does the Washington Minimum Wage Act require non-agricultural employers to pay their piece-rate employees per hour for time spent performing activities outside of...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

The President revoked Executive Order (E.O.) 13495, which required successor contractors to offer service employees employed under the predecessor contract a right of first refusal. The revocation immediately terminates investigations or compliance...By: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

When an employer experiences growth and is projected to employ 50 or more employees, an employer can and should enact policies and assess its practices for compliance with employment laws. Fifty employees is the triggering number for Family Medical...By: Davis Brown Law Firm

USDOL has announced a proposed rule intended to clarify the "fluctuating workweek" under the FLSA. This is yet another example of the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) continuing to clean up the mess left by its predecessors....By: Fisher Phillips

Those who believed the Trump administration would scale back the Obama-era Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) aggressive enforcement of wage and hour laws may be surprised to learn that the DOL recently announced that it recovered a record $322 million in...By: Foley & Lardner LLP

On the latest episode of Williams Mullen's Benefits Companion, Brydon DeWitt and Ellie Clendenin discuss the new hardship distribution regulations and what plan sponsors need to know this year and for 2020....By: Williams Mullen

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that on December 2, 2019, its premium processing fee will increase from $1,410 to $1,440 for certain employment-based petitions. The $30 increase will apply to Form I-129, Petition for a...By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,

Seyfarth Synopsis: The Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed summary judgment in favor of an employer that terminated an employee after he tested positive for methamphetamines, even though he claimed that his drug test was the result of...By: Seyfarth Shaw LLP