On February 28, President Biden announced he would nominate Julie Su to lead the Department of Labor (DOL). Su is currently the deputy secretary of labor under Marty Walsh, who announced he would leave the agency mid-March to head the National Hockey League Players’ Association. Given previous opposition during her nomination to become deputy secretary,... View Article
On February 9, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued an opinion letter stating that employees with chronic serious health conditions may use Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) leave to reduce work hours indefinitely. The WHD opinion letters serve as a means by which the public can develop a clearer understanding... View Article
In May and June, CUPA-HR participated in five regional listening sessions hosted by the Department of Labor (DOL) on the anticipated Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to update the criteria for the “executive, administrative and professional” exemptions for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The listening sessions provided regional employers the opportunity to... View Article
In the Biden administration’s fall 2021 regulatory agenda, the Department of Labor (DOL)’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) announced that it planned to release in April 2022 a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) changing criteria for the “executive, administrative and professional” exemptions from the overtime pay requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In... View Article
On November 24, the Department of Labor (DOL)’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued a final rule implementing President Biden’s Executive Order 14026 (EO), “Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors.” The rule increases the minimum wage for federal government contractors for workers who work on or in connection with a covered federal contract to... View Article
In the December 16, 2019, Federal Register, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) published its final rule clarifying and updating the regulations governing the regular-rate requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).* Generally, the FLSA requires overtime to be paid at a rate that is at least one and one-half... View Article