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Ohio local hiring laws affecting contractors are destroyed, for now. Municipalities will no longer be able to force local hiring upon contractors for various jobs. This especially impacts large cities and their citizens with the ambition to work in...By: Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

The New Jersey Appellate Division in Portilla v. Maxim Healthcare Services, Inc., recently upheld the dismissal of a constructive discharge lawsuit by a registered nurse, lawyer, and self-described “paradigmatic whistleblower.” The Appellate Division...By: Genova Burns LLC

On September 24, the U.S. Department of Labor released its final rule changing the minimum salary requirements for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s “white-collar” overtime exemption regulations....By: McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

On July 24, 2019, the Chicago City Council passed an expansive fair workweek ordinance, effective July 1, 2020. The onerous ordinance has many significant impacts for larger employers, and as with minimum wage, paid sick leave, and even cannabis...By: SmithAmundsen LLC

A lot of times, determining whether a worker is an independent contractor or an employee is tough.  Different laws have different standards, and government agencies and the courts often apply different tests in addressing this question....By: McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Dear YouDig? I am CEO of a mid-west  manufacturing company. At long last, those extremely tough times have drifted away. We are thrilled with our plans to construct a new state-of-the-art facility opening in 2020. The options for construction...By: Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLC

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced on September 11, 2019 that it will not be seeking renewal for collection of EEO-1 Component 2 pay data, which requires employers with 100 or more employees to submit employee pay data on...By: McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

As employers scramble to meet the September 30, 2019 deadline to submit pay data for years 2017 and 2018, they can find some relief in knowing that the EEOC recently stated that it does not intend to collect pay data for 2019 or after at this time....By: SmithAmundsen LLC

The United States Department of Labor (DOL) is expected to implement its proposal to amend the minimum salary requirements for exempt employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) no later than the end of 2019. As you may recall, a similar...By: SmithAmundsen LLC

The Illinois legislature recently passed a law modifying the Contractor Prompt Payment Act, impacting retainage on all private projects (except residential projects involving twelve units or less). The law sets the ceiling for retainage at 10%, and...By: SmithAmundsen LLC