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DOL targets gig economy abuses
January 15th, 2024
The United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) recently announced the adoption of an administrative rule that better addresses the escalating problem of employee misclassification. In particular, companies increasingly misclassify employees as ind…
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Employers increasingly using stay-or-pay “contracts” that facilitate exploitation
November 27th, 2023
Since the declaration of the global pandemic in 2020, awareness about fundamental disparities in the labor market between employers and employees has grown significantly. Consequently, and as an example, States like Minnesota have outlawed non-compet…
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Minnesota enacts landmark legislation that leads the nation in promoting workplace fairness
June 1st, 2023
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz recently executed comprehensive and progressive reforms to labor & employment law passed by the Minnesota Legislature during the 2023 legislative session. This transformative legislation, SF3035, enacts numerous and im…
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Supreme Court confirms that employers must pay the overtime rate to highly compensated “executives”
May 13th, 2023
The Supreme Court recently ruled that the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) requires employers to pay the overtime rate to highly compensated employees when those employees work more than 40 hours in a given week – no matter how high the day-ra…
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State Attorneys General increasingly enforcing workplace rights and helping to make a just transition to renewable energy use
December 6th, 2022
A recent report jointly prepared and issued by Harvard Law School’s Labor and Worklife Program and New York University School of Law’s State Energy & Environmental Impact Center underscores the importance of State Attorneys General in the cur…
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Creative agency enforcement aims to fill gaps in employment law protections
October 3rd, 2022
The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”), which traditionally focused on enforcing antitrust and consumer protection laws, recently and publicly declared its new priority of enforcing work-related protections. According to this new policy, the FTC is…
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DOL moves employment law in right direction
August 2nd, 2021
On July 30, 2021, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) rescinded a rule adopted under the prior Federal administration that limited when more than one company is responsible for wage theft, employee misclassification, or other violations…
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Economic analysis shows better enforcement needed to protect employee rights
July 1st, 2021
The reports of widespread wage theft, employee misclassification, and employer retaliation have continued, if not increased, in recent years. Consequently, the results of a new study are both unsurprising and deeply troubling for those who seek workp…
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State attorneys general step up and expand enforcement efforts
September 5th, 2020
In multiple ways since January 2017, as has been discussed here previously, the politically appointed leadership at the United States Department of Labor, the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board,…
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Another contrived government shutdown compromises enforcement of workplace protections
January 1st, 2019
After making a number of threats over the past year, the Trump Administration recently imposed a Federal government shutdown with no end in sight. The Trump Administration has forced the shutdown in an effort to extract money for the construction and…
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