by Girish Anand | Jun 30, 2017 | DOL, Overtime Rules
The Department of Labor (DOL) today asked the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to clarify its authority to establish a salary threshold for determining overtime eligibility, but did not endorse the Obama-era proposed salary level of $47,476 a year. In a brief filed in the...
by Girish Anand | Jun 30, 2017 | DOL
The Department of Labor (DOL) has published a Request for Information (RFI) related to the fiduciary rule. The RFI is an opportunity for the public to provide data and information that may be used to revise the rule and associated exemptions. There is a 15-day comment...
by Girish Anand | Jun 27, 2017 | DOL
The Department of Labor (DOL) will reinstate the issuance of opinion letters, Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta announced today. The action allows the department’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) to use opinion letters as one of its methods for providing guidance to...
by Girish Anand | Jun 19, 2017 | DOL
Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta on June 15 welcomed President Donald J. Trump’s step toward fulfilling his promise to grow the American economy with the announcement of an executive order to expand apprenticeships and vocational training, close the skills gap and...
by Girish Anand | Jun 19, 2017 | DOL, Overtime Rules
Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta informed a House subcommittee on June 7 that the Department of Labor (DOL) will submit a Request for Information (RFI) to seek input on the Obama-era overtime rule that has been blocked for half a year by a federal judge’s...
by Girish Anand | Jun 9, 2017 | DOL
The Department of Labor (DOL) has announced it will publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to rescind a rule that would have required employers and labor-management consultants to report consultants’ indirect contact with workers during union organizing...
