by PC Editorial Staff | Sep 26, 2023 | Arbitration, DOL, Federal Labor Law, FTC, Gig Economy, Latest News
Last week, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Labor (DOL) partnered to protect workers against anticompetitive, deceptive, and unfair employment practices. The agencies’ memorandum of understanding (MOU) outlines ways in which the FTC and DOL can...
by PC Editorial Staff | Sep 26, 2023 | DOL, Latest News, Minimum Wage Law, Overtime Rules, Wage & Hour, wage theft, WHD
Earlier this month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Wage and Hour Department (WHD) announced that they recovered over $1.1 million in back wages after a Texas-based company withheld wages owed to employees. Additionally, the DOL encouraged all employers to...
by PC Editorial Staff | Sep 20, 2023 | Discrimination, DOL, EEOC, Latest News, PWFA, WHD
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently announced a partnership that will strengthen the labor law enforcement efforts of both agencies. Jointly, the agencies solidified their...
by PC Editorial Staff | Sep 6, 2023 | DOL, Latest News, Overtime Rules, WHD
Recently, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a proposed rule to increase the salary threshold for overtime exemption. The proposed rule would ensure overtime pay for most low-paid salary workers who earn less than $1,059 a week (or $55,000 a year). By the...
by PC Editorial Staff | Aug 15, 2023 | DOL, Federal Contractors, Latest News, Wage & Hour
This month, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its final rule to update regulations implementing the Davis-Bacon Act and the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (Davis Bacon Act). According to the DOL, these updates better reflect the needs of construction workers on...
by PC Editorial Staff | Aug 8, 2023 | DOL, Latest News, Overtime Rules, Wage & Hour
On August 3rd, 2023, the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) announced that a Texas healthcare provider will pay over $500 thousand in unpaid wages and overtime. According to WHD investigators, the employer failed to properly calculate overtime,...