News and Insights

Two recent confirmations by the U.S. Senate could significantly reshape how the Department of Labor and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission interpret and enforce federal workplace laws. With new leadership,...

A U.S. district court judge in Texas has blocked nationwide enforcement of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s Final Rule which would have banned employers from including noncompete clauses in employment...

The Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule increasing the salary threshold to qualify for certain overtime exemptions under federal law. Effective July...

The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday voted 3-2 to ban noncompete employment agreements nationwide. Employers will not only be prohibited from entering into new noncompetes with their workers, but employers...

The U.S. Department of Labor has published its final rule setting forth a new six-factor test for determining whether workers may be classified as independent contractors. As expected, the new...

Pennsylvania staffing agencies that supply their workers to long-term care facilities are still working to comply with a late 2022 bill that requires much more oversight than they have been...

The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a proposed rule that would significantly alter an employer-friendly, Trump-era test for determining whether a worker is an independent contractor or an employee....