One of the glories of my life is an invigorating walk to work in the fresh virgin snow, newly fallen, before anyone else has trampled it down. The world feels new and clean once again, and there is, as F. Scott Fitzgerald said, about Jay Gatsby, “some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life….”
Read MoreWorkers don’t get to pick whether they should be classified as independent contractors or as employees. The burden is on the employer to do the classification analysis. And that burden will just get tighter when the Biden Administration proposed regulations get finalized.
Read MoreThis blog will serve as my final blog at Abrahams Wolf-Rodda. I have accepted a position with another law firm located in Washington D.C. in the Labor and Employment practice group. Thank you to all of the readers of my blogs. By Kirby M. Rousseau.
Read MoreA New Hampshire Federal Court orders a North Conway restaurant to pay $148,128 in back wages and liquidated damages to 31 employees for violating the FLSA.
Read MoreDOL publishes a Notice on the Federal Register listing the new Federal Contractor Minimum Wage rates starting January 1, 2023.
Read MoreDOL allows federal contractors to take a credit for the costs of their unfunded, self insured fringe benefit plan towards their SCA fringe benefit obligation as long as the plan is approved by DOL.
Read MoreThe Department of Labor expands coverage of the Service Contract Act to another traditionally uncovered contract.
Read MoreDOL publishes the Android version of their Timekeeping application.
Read MoreDOL issues a proposed rule regarding the Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Executive Order.
Read MoreDOL issues proposed revisions to WD-10, a wage survey collection tool submitted by construction contractors. Get prepare to classify your own projects.
Read MoreAdministrative Review Board interprets DOL’s de minimis standard for truck drivers working on a DBA covered worksite.
Read MoreThe Department of Justice makes an inflationary adjustment to Civil Money Penalties for the second time in six months.
Read MoreThe Department of Labor continues to seek liquidated damages in pre-litigation settlements for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Read MoreA U.S. District Court judge holds that a contractor had not received final agency action to allow an Administrative Procedure Act suit. Thus a challenge to DOL’s determination that the Service Contract Act applies to cooperative agreements is not ripe for appeal.
Read MoreThe Department of Labor is set to publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing the largest overhaul to Davis-Bacon Act regulations in 40 years.
Read MoreUnder the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), employers owe a minimum wage to their employees for all hours worked. This blog examines how that minimum wage obligation can be satisfied.
Read MoreThe Department of Labor publishes a webpage hoping to educate the public about which types of projects under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will be covered by the Davis-Bacon Act.
Read MoreThe Department of Labor published the annual increase in Civil Money Penalties due under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act and the Walsh-Healey Public Contracts Act.
Read MoreDepartment of Labor Wage and Hour Opinion Letters follow the ebb and flow of conservative and liberal executive administrations. When President Biden was inaugurated, we began a period where new Opinion Letters are a scarcity. This follows the practice of previous liberal administrations.
Read MoreOn November 18, 2021, President Joe Biden resurrected the Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Under Service Contract Executive Order after President Trump revoked the Obama administration’s prior Executive Order on the same subject.
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