This week the DOL published its final rule requiring federal contractors to provide paid sick leave to employees working on or in connection with federal contracts. The sick leave required by the final rule would allow an employee to use accrued paid sick leave for their own illness, the need to care for a sick
DOL Announces Details of Final Rule Changing Regulations on the Overtime Exemptions
Last night the U.S. Department of Labor announced details of its long-awaited Final Rule on changes to the regulations interpreting the overtime exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The FLSA is the federal law requiring most employers to pay minimum wages and overtime to nonexempt employees. The Final Rule raises the minimum salary
NLRB Says Non-Union Employers Must Post Notice of Employees’ Labor Rights
Yesterday, the NLRB issued its final rule requiring all employer subject to the National Labor Relations Act to post notices to employees of their NLRA rights such as the right to form and join a union, bargain collectively over wages and to file unfair labor practice charges with the Board as well as instructing employees on how to file