The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage & Hour Division (WHD) has issued four new opinion letters under the Fair Labor Standards Act. These letters give employers clear guidance on how WHD will handle common compliance questions during investigations and audits. While opinion letters do not create new laws, they often indicate how the agency
Recently, The New York Times had an interesting article about the differences between a doctors of osteopathic medicine, or D.O.s and other doctors with a medical degree.
While the article noted that a century ago there were differences between the two, today “the distinction between D.O.s and M.D.s is much fuzzier. D.O.s still attend separate
It’s not often that we have to provide day-to-day updates on the status of the United States Department of Labor rule that raises salary thresholds for overtime exemptions, but here we are.
My colleague, Sarah Westby, posted an update yesterday on a major case from Texas in which the state challenged the rule. Late last
Over on my firm’s sister blog, the Employment Law Letter, my colleagues have a post this week about the issuance of final rule on Independent Contractors by the United States Department of Labor.
As they note, the Final Rule establishes “a six-factor test based on the economic reality of the worker and potential
You may recall a few weeks back that a federal court struck down portions of the USDOL regulations interpreting the Famlies First Coronavirus Response Act.
The open question at the time: What would the DOL do?
Late Friday, we got our answer — revised regulations designed to overcome the judicial concerns or, challenge the
The United States Department of Labor recently updated its guidance on the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (EPSLA) and Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (FMLA+).
My colleagues at Shipman & Goodwin recapped the new guidance here.
One of the key takeaways from is that under the USDOL’s prior guidance and regulations, it
This pandemic is exhausting.
There’s obviously the personal: The “work from home” novelty has worn off and now comes to tough part of trying to find the boundaries of work and home. Each day feels like it is 16 hours long (maybe because it is sometimes).
Then there’s the professional: We’ve continued to see clients
Today I had the opportunity to talk with a old friend in Spain via FaceTime. We hadn’t talked in months, but I’m sure like a lot of you, this pandemic has a way of bringing us together.
The same concerns that we have in Connecticut and the same issues we face are being addressed around
Before I talk about some developments, I wanted to share a story about David Lat – the founder of the Above The Law blog. He remains hospitalized in serious condition according to a report, still fighting COVID-19 and battling for his life. (Saturday Update: He’s out of ICU!) He’s just 44 years old with