The U.S. Department of Labor announced, January 5, 2018, its decision for April 1, 2018, as the applicability date for employee benefit plans to comply with a final rule under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) that will give America’s workers new...
With the growing number of courts rejecting the Department of Labor’s (DOL) six-part test in determining whether interns and students are employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the DOL clarified on December 19, 2017 going forward, the Department will...
Beginning January 1, 2018, the Executive Order 13658 minimum wage rate is increased to $10.35 per hour (82 FR 43408). This Executive Order minimum wage rate generally must be paid to workers performing work on or in connection with covered contracts. Additionally,...
On Sept. 26, 2017, A District of Columbia federal judge upheld a determination by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) that an Arkansas-based company and its franchisees that operate children’s consignment sales around the country must pay its consignor/volunteers as...
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has finalized December 15, 2017 as the date by which certain employers are required to electronically submit data from their 2016 Forms 300A to OSHA. Who Must Comply? By December 15, 2017, the following...
The Department of Labor is currently promoting the third annual National Apprenticeship Week to be held November 13 – 19, 2017. National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) offers leaders in business, labor, education, and other critical partners a chance to express their...
