The U.S. Department of Labor today issued a proposed rule raising the minimum salary an employee must receive to be considered exempt from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Louisiana Employees Now Entitled to Time Off for Genetic Testing and Cancer Screening
Effective August 1, Louisiana employers with 20+ employees must provide one day off each year for medically necessary genetic testing or cancer screening. Learn more about this new employee benefit in our latest blog post.
Changes to Form I-9 Looming
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced a new version of Form I-9 to verify the identity and employment authorization of employees, as well as a new alternative procedure for document examination.
SCOTUS Ruling Broadens Religious Protections for Workers
In a rare unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court has substantially altered the standard under which employers must evaluate employee requests for religious accommodations under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
NLRB General Counsel Joins FTC in Biden Administration Assault on Noncompete Agreements
The National Labor Relations Board’s (“NLRB”) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo announced in a memo yesterday that noncompete agreements in employment contracts violate federal labor law except in limited circumstances, because they interfere with employees’ rights under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act (“the Act”) to engage in concerted activity to improve their wages
EEOC Releases Technical Assistance Document Providing Guidance on Assessing Adverse Impact under Title VII in AI and Other Software
On May 18, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released a technical assistance document explaining the interplay of various established aspects of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act (“Title VII”) and an employer’s use of artificial intelligence and other automated systems. This technical assistance is released as a follow-up to the EEOC’s
EEOC Performance Report Shows Twenty Percent Increase in Employment Discrimination Charges for Fiscal Year 2022
On March 13, 2023, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) released its Annual Report for fiscal year (“FY”) 2022, demonstrating a significant increase in the number of charges of discrimination filed with the agency, as well as emails and calls to the agency’s contact center, from the year prior.
A total of 73,485 new
SCOTUS Ruling Increases Employer Risk of Overtime Liability for Day Rate Compensation
On February 22, 2023, the United States Supreme Court issued a 6-3 decision holding that an employee who is paid a day rate (without any weekly guarantee) must be paid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) because day rates are inconsistent with the Department of Labor (“DOL”) regulations governing many exemptions from the
DOL Announces New Contractor Rule Proposal
The U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced today that it will publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on October 13, 2022, in order “to help employers and workers determine whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act.” This marks the Biden Administration’s second attempt to rescind the
Employers Must Now Prove Covid Screening is a “Business Necessity”
Employers may no longer require Covid-19 testing for on-site employees across the board. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced on July 12, 2022, that “going forward employers will need to assess whether current pandemic circumstances and individual workplace circumstances justify viral screening testing of employees to prevent workplace transmission of COVID-19.”
This means that