by Girish Anand | Feb 21, 2019 | DOL, Minimum Wage Law, WHD
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) allows employers to pay service employees — those who receive “more than $30 a month” in tips — less than the minimum wage, provided tips plus wages match or exceed the minimum wage. This arrangement is known...
by Girish Anand | Feb 6, 2019 | DOL, FLSA, WHD
The Department of Labor (DOL) today announced the launch of an enhanced electronic version of its Handy Reference Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This new online version of one of the most popular publications of the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is...
by Girish Anand | Jan 27, 2019 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Association Health Plans, DOJ, DOL, ERISA, Obamacare
A George W. Bush-appointed federal judge seems poised to put the kibosh on the Trump administration’s initiative to widen the use of association health plans (AHPs) by allowing for multi-state and multi-employer AHPs, something not allowed under the Affordable...
by Girish Anand | Jan 24, 2019 | DOL
The Department of Labor (DOL) has revised a lawsuit against Oracle it filed in 2017 to now claim that the tech company underpaid its employees by some $400 million over a four-year period, while at the same time discriminating against females and Asians (who make up...
by Girish Anand | Jan 11, 2019 | DOL, Overtime Rules
The long-anticipated rewrite of the Obama-era overtime rule has been submitted to the White House and its Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review prior to the issuance of a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), it has been reported. This Trump-era rule is...
by Girish Anand | Nov 20, 2018 | DHS, DOL
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in conjunction with the Department of Labor (DOL), has published a joint notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) that would modernize the recruitment requirements for employers seeking H-2B nonimmigrant workers to make it easier...
