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E-alerts · Government Contract & Compliance

OFCCP Announces New Rule that Adds More Requirements for Federal Contractors

September 9, 2013

By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate.   On August 27, 2013, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (“OFCCP”) announced a new rule that changed regulations under both…

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Displaying Labor Standards Posters May Evidence Willfulness for FLSA Violations

August 12, 2013

By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate.   In a recent case, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) obtained a consent judgment in a California federal court, ordering California-based…

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E-alerts · Labor & Employment

2014 Healthcare Changes: Is Your Employee Benefits Plan Ready?

July 31, 2013

By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate.   While the Obama administration has delayed the Affordable Care Act requirement that large employers provide health insurance to all employees, many…

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DO YOU NEED TO UPDATE YOUR HANDBOOK?

July 25, 2013

By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate.   This has been a busy year in the labor and employment law arena.  And it is a good time to be…

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What Do You Know About The Outside Sales Exemption?

July 17, 2013

By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate.   The Fifth Circuit recently addressed one of the lesser used exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) … outside sales. …

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DOL Investigation: What NOT to do!

July 11, 2013

By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate.   We know investigations by the DOL can be difficult.  And if you’re found guilty of not paying proper wages, it can…

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D.C. Circuit Nixes 2010 DOL Interpretation that Loan Officers Are Hourly Employees

July 8, 2013

By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate.   In a Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) case on Tuesday (July 2), the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals invalidated the 2010…

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Same-Sex Married Couples now Entitled to Federal Employee Benefits? Supreme Court Strikes Down DOMA

June 26, 2013

By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate.   Today, the United States Supreme Court struck down DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act, in United States v. Windsor with a…

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Supreme Court Favors Employers in Discrimination and Retaliation Cases

June 25, 2013

By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate.   In a pair of employment decisions on Monday (June 24) the Court ruled in favor of employers.  In the race discrimination…

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Unpaid interns: The field is changing!

June 19, 2013

By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate.   Federal District Court judges in New York ruled on June 11, 2013, that Fox Searchlight Pictures had violated federal and state…

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