The DOL recently published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking relative to classifying workers as independent contractors. As the DOL withdrew the 2021 final rule on independent contractor status, the new
After UW-Milwaukee’s dining program faced a staffing shortage, school administrators emailed faculty and staff requesting volunteers to “cook and serve food and help clean up.” While the program includes “anytime
The Department of Labor proposed $315,000 in new fines against General Aluminum Mfg. Co., of Ohio after discovering ongoing machine hazards that had been previously cited by the Occupational Safety
The Trump-era Department of Labor (DOL) raised the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) white-collar exemption salary threshold to $35,568 (annualized). Biden’s DOL is now considering raising it further. Former Wage
An unsettling percentage of the DOL’s Office of the Solicitor workforce (17.4% of national office employees and 24.5% of regional office employees) indicated they did not feel “comfortable disclosing suspected
