by Girish Anand | Dec 7, 2010 | Federal Labor Law
Beginning next Monday, the Department of Labor (DOL) will be setting up a hot line so complaint filers whom the DOL is too busy to serve can call a member of the American Bar Association (ABA) and seek legal redress over wage and FMLA issues. The partnership...
by Girish Anand | Dec 3, 2010 | Federal Labor Law, Minimum Wage Law, State Labor Law
The Department of Labor (DOL) announced recently that it has collected more than $300 million in back wages since 2009, benefiting some 385,000 workers. Typically, back wages represent overtime pay that was withheld either knowingly or unknowingly. Since taking over,...
by Girish Anand | Dec 1, 2010 | Federal Labor Law, HIPAA
In the wake of a spate of high-profile employee class action lawsuits on excessive 401(k) fees, the Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has jumped into the fray with the publishing of a final rule of the transparency of fees and expenses associated with...