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Labor Department reverses Trump-era rule that made it easier for companies to call workers independent contractors By Irina Ivanova Lyft takes on bike-sharing The U.S. Labor Department on Wednesday rescinded a policy that would have made it easier to classify workers as independent contractors. The old "Independent Contractor Rule" was posted in the last days of the Trump administration, and was supposed to take effect in just two days. The move means the Labor Department ...

FSSAI does not have a database of food business operators and no documented procedures for risk-based inspections.

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Employers in British Columbia must now provide employees with paid time off during working time to allow workers to get vaccinated for COVID-19 without loss of pay. New section 52.13 of the British Columbia Employment Standards Act received royal assent on April 27, 2021 and provides that every employee (whether full-time, part-time and regardless of length of service), is entitled to paid leave for up to three hours for each request ...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Alaska employers received some welcome news from the Alaska Supreme Court that should help level the playing field when they must defend claims from employees under the Alaska Wage and Hour Act. Employers have the burden to prove that their employees are exempt from overtime compensation under one of the exemptions established by law, such as the so-called white collar exemptions for those wo...

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On April 27, 2021, President Joe Biden signed a new executive order (EO) requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to pay a $15.00 minimum wage to the thousands of workers who are working on or in connection with federal contracts. The new EO, titled "Executive Order on Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors," requires contractors to implement the higher minimum wage requi...

Nevada lawmakers consider home care worker, client measure BRIANA ERICKSON, Las Vegas Review-Journal April 25, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Personal care aid Irma Nuñez helps her client Thomas Draa, who is quadriplegic, into his bed on Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in Las Vegas. Personal care aides provide a crucial lifeline to their housebound clients, many of whom are elderly or disabled. In addition to performing duties such as grocery shopping and providing companionship, they...

GAO found unobjectionable the General Services Administrations (GSA) rejection of a late-submitted proposal. The request for proposals (RFP) required that offers be submitted by October 13, 2020, via the agencys online proposal submission portal, "GSA ASSIST." The RFP warned that proposals received after the closing data and time would not be considered. The protester had trouble with the online portal—it uploaded materials but was unable to click submit—so it emailed the proposal to the co...

Apr 16, 2021 The fine was imposed on the erring traders, during the proceeding of cases of various blocks of district Ganderbal related to the food safety and standards, listed before the adjudicating officer. He also warned them to abide by the legal regulations adding that non-compliance of FS&SA and rules thereunder by the food business operators of the district will be dealt more strictly in coming time.  

Ms. Jessica LoomanPrincipal Deputy AdministratorWage and Hour DivisionU.S. Department of Labor200 Constitution Ave., N.W.Washington, DC 20210By electronic submission: www.regulations.govRE: Independen…

To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. The Department of Labor (DOL) proposed rescinding the joint employer rule the Trump administrations DOL issued in January 2020, which many argued would have made it more difficult to hold multiple businesses jointly liable for wage violations. The DOL is currently taking public comments on the issue, presumably in advance of issuing a new rule. At the same time, the DOL asked a federal appell...