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Today, the U.S. Department of Labor has unveiled arguably the most employer-anticipated action taken during the Trump administration: the final rule raises the salary threshold for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s “white collar” exemptions to $35,568...By: Blank Rome LLP

This morning the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted 12-11 along party lines to approve Eugene Scalia’s nomination as Secretary of Labor. The vote came five days after his confirmation hearing before the HELP Committee...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

In Kudsk Construction Inc. v. The United States, No. 18-1032C (August 30, 2019), the Court of Federal Claims addressed damages in the context of a delayed notice to proceed and addressed the Christian doctrine in the context of recent federal...By: Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

National Labor Relations Board Chairman John Ring has again informed Democratic leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor that the Agency will not release documents they requested related to NLRB members’ recusals...By: Jackson Lewis P.C.

Disclosure-only settlements of M&A class actions have received increased scrutiny since decisions like the Delaware Court of Chancery’s 2016 Trulia opinion and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit’s Walgreens decision from later that...By: Morris James LLP

On September 18, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 5 into law, and the new law will become effective on January 1, 2020. AB 5 codifies the "ABC test" from the landmark Dynamex case to determine whether a service provider is an independent...By: Cooley LLP

GDPR permits a general contractor to disclose personal information of the client who hired them for a home renovation to subcontractors, for their purpose of carrying out the renovation as well as for the correction of defects within the scope of the...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

On September 18, 2019, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 5 (AB 5), a bill that will dramatically alter whether, and under what circumstances, businesses may classify workers as independent contractors rather than employees. ...By: Littler

In a departure from decisions in recent years, the California high court has finally imposed some limits on the otherwise expansive reach of the Private Attorneys General Act, Labor Code § 2698, et seq. (“PAGA”). The legislation from 2002 allows one...By: Fox Rothschild LLP

After 35 years of practice, certain issues keep me awake at night. One concern is about contractors working onsite or embedded in a working plant or other facility. Examples include year-round or shutdown work at power plants, pulp and paper mills,...By: Fisher Phillips