The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced it has issued a new opinion letter that addresses compliance issues related to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).This letter responds to a request on behalf of a particular virtual marketplace company (VMC). It concludes...
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced on May 2, 2019 that it has opted to collect Component 2 data for 2017 in addition to 2018. On April 25, 2019, the district court ordered the EEOC to collect a second year of pay data from select employers,...
Covered employers will only have until September 30, 2019 to report pay data as part of their annual EEO-1 filing. On April 25, 2019, a federal judge ordered the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) to collect pay data from the 2018 calendar year (sorted by...
The House of Representatives passed the Paycheck Fairness Act on a vote of 242-187 on March 27, 2019. Despite the enactment of the Equal Pay Act of 1963, many women continue to earn significantly lower pay than men for equal work. These pay disparities exist in both...
The Social Security Administration (SSA) has begun mailing informational notifications to businesses and third parties, who submitted wage and tax statements (Form W-2) that contain name and Social Security number (SSN) combinations that do not match their...
The Department of Labor (DOL) has published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would increase the standard salary level to $679 per week (equivalent to $35,308 per year). Above this salary level, eligibility for overtime varies based on job duties. This NPRM...
Following the issuance of a general counsel memo approving common handbook provisions, employers may expect the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to subject their employee handbooks to less scrutiny than in recent years. The memo outlined three categories of...
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) finalized and published in the Federal Register a final rule titled Definition of “Employer” under Section 3(5) of ERISA–Association Health Plans. This rule is overseen by the DOL’s Employee Benefits Security...
State and local governments are increasingly adopting laws and regulations that prohibit employers from requesting salary history information from job applicants. The goal of these laws is to help end the cycle of pay discrimination and decrease the gender pay gap. ...
News agencies are reporting that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is planning a nationwide increase of Form I-9 audits this summer. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s agency Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has already doubled the amount of...
