Today, the DOL’s Final Rule expanding overtime protection in the form of salary threshold increases for FLSA exempt workers takes effect for most employers across the country.  There has been some uncertainty over the past month with three cases pending in Texas federal court challenging the legality of the rule.  On Friday, June 28, 2024

FTC Issues Anticipated Rule Barring Non-Compete Agreements

On Tuesday afternoon, the Federal Trade Commission issued a final rule largely banning non-compete agreements for employees. The rule is intended to go into effect in around four months but will likely be the subject of multiple legal challenges.  

The rule is short in its nature. 

It defines

Over the past few weeks, Governor Lamont signed several bills that will impact public and private employers in several ways. While there are other bills that will take effect in October 2022, and subsequently in 2023, we have summarized below the bills that have effective dates July 1, 2022 and earlier.

Senate Bill 163 becomes

With Governor Lamont’s change to the vaccine distribution program to an age-based rollout starting March 1, 2021, all employers (not simply those “essential” workplaces) must now consider whether to require, or even to encourage, their employees to get the vaccine.

At our webinar earlier this month (which is still available for on-demand viewing here),

Late Friday, April 17, 2020, the Department of Economic and Community Development issued updated Safe Workplace Rules for Essential Employers and updated Essential Safe Store Rules, requiring masks or cloth face-coverings be worn by customers and employees effective immediately.

The new rules expand the requirement of masks in the workplace.  Previously, the rules

Dan Schwartz will join follow employment and HR bloggers John Hyman (Ohio Employer’s Law Blog), Eric Meyer (The Employer Handbook Blog), Jeff Nowak (FMLA Insights), Robin Shea (Employment & Labor Insider), and Suzanne Lucas (Evil HR Lady) for a one-hour recap of 2017 employment law and HR compliance news. Presenters will also provide practical tips to help employers prepare the workplace for 2018.Continue Reading Webinar: Employment Law Year in Review