The House of Representatives passed a bill that would overhaul federal labor law with the express purpose of making it easier for unions to organize workers and more difficult for employers to.
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On March 11, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor ( DOL
or the Department ) announced proposals to roll back two
Trump administration regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act
( FLSA or the Act ). These proposals
are scheduled to be published in the
Federal
Register on March 12, 2021; interested stakeholders will
have until April 12, 2021, to submit comments on these
proposals.
Independent Contractor Status under the
FLSA
The Department is proposing to withdraw its January 2021 final rule setting forth,
for the first time by way of notice and comment rulemaking, the
In a resounding victory for public-private partnerships, the
Fourth Circuit s decision in
Cunningham v. Lester, et
al., No. 20-1086, F.3d - (4th Cir. Mar. 4,
2021) has affirmed federal employees immunity from the
Telephone Consumer Protection Act ( TCPA ) when acting in
furtherance of a government mandate. The TCPA imposes strict
statutory penalties for unsolicited robocalls ranging from $500 to
$1,500 per violation. But the Supreme Court has held the TCPA
does not contain a waiver of sovereign immunity.
See
Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, 577 U.S. 153, 166 (2016).
The question presented in
Cunningham was whether a
plaintiff can avoid the TCPA s sovereign-immunity shield by
suing federal employees for damages in their individual
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A critical component of a successful employer-employee
relationship is the employer s fair and equitable treatment of
employees, often embodied in the employer s employee
engagement, retention, and compensation practices. When it
comes to compensation, U.S. employers must comply with federal and
applicable state equal pay laws that prohibit discriminatory pay
practices, and a myriad of state and local laws banning inquiries
into, or the use of, prior salary history in setting pay.
Yet, compensation bias and discrimination still exist and
continue to be the subject of government investigations, audits,
To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. It was my first summer associate job after my first year
of law school, and I was at one of the first summer associate
gatherings chatting with two of the male partners.
[One] went on to say we create lots of opportunities to
advance women and the fact is, if want to have children, you
can still make partner and you can still get ahead but you
need to accept that it will take you longer because you will need
to take time out . He wasn t referring to maternity leave