Category: Employment & Labor

January 20, 2021

Three specialist job classifications of a Medicare insurance provider are administratively exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), according to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Four former contracting specialists, one operations specialist and one pharmacy Part D […]

January 19, 2021

The union filed a petition to represent a unit of roughly seven dockworkers and clerks at the distribution center, but the employer contended that a proper unit must also include seven drivers based at the same facility. Rejecting the employer’s […]

January 8, 2021

Following up on its proposed rule issued in September 2020, on Jan. 6, 2021, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued its final rule on worker classification. The final rule, effective March 8, 2021 (60 days from publication in the Federal […]

January 7, 2021

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a final rule on Jan. 6 clarifying who is an independent contractor versus an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The rule is slated to take effect March 8, although its […]

January 5, 2021

In what may be a bellwether for other states, California recently enacted its own extensive COVID-19 emergency rules for business and industry.1 Issued in late November by the California Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board, the regulations apply to all […]

January 4, 2021

Connecticut state law requires all business owners with employees to carry workers’ compensation insurance in the event a worker is hurt on the job. The program is the exclusive remedy for injured workers in the state so that employees can’t […]

January 4, 2021

Employers are not required to provide Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA) leave after Dec. 31, 2020, but may voluntarily decide to do so, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced. “The Wage and Hour Division is attuned to the […]

December 30, 2020

BARCELONA—Gig-economy companies in Europe, under pressure over employment rights, are looking to strike labor agreements that give workers some benefits but stop short of making them employees. Uber Technologies Inc. and Amazon.com Inc.-backed Deliveroo are among a number of food-delivery […]

December 17, 2020

From workplace safety to new leave provisions, the employment law landscape was rocked in many unexpected ways this year. The pandemic has left an indelible mark on the way employers will conduct their businesses going forward. Wage and hour compliance […]

December 11, 2020

The new global CEO and U.S. chair of Norton Rose Fulbright is the first woman of color to be in those positions at the law firm and the only woman of color to lead a top 200 grossing law firm […]