In light of the enforcement positions taken recently by the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”), which administer several whistleblower statutes, employers (and especially publicly-traded companies) should review the release provisions ...
On Wednesday, September 28, 2016, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 246-177 to delay the implementation of the Department of Labor’s new rule which raises the salary level for exemption from overtime pay from an existing threshold of $455 per week to $913 per week. The new rule is currently scheduled to go into effect on ...
The White House unveiled late Tuesday, and the Department of Labor announced on Wednesday, that the final version of the long-awaited new overtime rule is scheduled to be released on May 23, 2016. According to the White House, the rule will require new overtime payments to 4.2 million more Americans by the end of this year.
As anticipated, the final ...
Ohio Legalizes Medical Marijuana. Gov. John Kasich signed House Bill 523 into law this month, making Ohio the 25th state to legalize medical marijuana. The law goes into effect 90 days after the bill is officially filed with the secretary of state, making medical marijuana use in Ohio legal sometime in early September. The Ohio law prohibits smoking ...
Who You Gonna Test? OSHA recently released guidance regarding post-accident drug testing. OSHA opposes blanket post-accident drug testing because the agency believes mandatory drug tests can discourage employees from reporting a safety violation. The agency recommends limiting drug testing to incidents where there is a reasonable ...
This week, Kentucky, alongside 20 other states, sued the Department of Labor in a Texas Federal Court. The states’ Complaint, 4:16-cv-00731, attacks the DOL’s Final Rule that raises the salary minimum for exempt workers. That same day, numerous businesses and the Chamber of Commerce filed a similar Complaint
This past week, House Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, D-District of Columbia, introduced H.R. 6030, which seeks to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act and add a section prohibiting all employers from asking about a job applicant’s salary history. The bill, also known as the Pay Equity for All Act of 2016, would make it illegal for an ...