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On November 9, 2020, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy submitted public comments to the Department of Labor’s Employment and Training Administration on its Interim Final Rule (IFR), which immediately increases the…

On October 8, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) amending regulations and increasing the prevailing wages for high-skilled workers with H-1B, H-1B1 or E-3 nonimmigrant visas. This rule is effective…

On September 25, 2020, the Department of Labor issued a proposed rule that would clarify whether workers are employees or are independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Independent contractors are not entitled…

On July 16 and 17, the Department of Labor (DOL) released two Requests for Information (RFI) seeking feedback and data from stakeholders, such as small businesses, regarding their experience with paid leave and the Family and Medical Leave…

On January 29, 2020, the United States-Mexico-Canada Implementation Act (USMCA) was signed into law. On July 1, 2020, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division released an Interim Final Rule (IFR) implementing a portion of the…

On October 8, 2019, the Department of Labor released a proposed rule that implements changes to tip regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) due to the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 (CAA). The FLSA generally…

By Janis Reyes, Assistant Chief Counsel On September 24, 2019, the Department of Labor (DOL) released a final overtime rule, which sets the minimum salary for the exemption from overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards…

On July 26, 2019, the Department of Labor (DOL) published a proposed rule with changes to the H-2A or the agricultural guest worker program. DOL is changing the Adverse Effect Wage Rate and Prevailing Wage Methodologies utilized for…

On June 25, 2019, the Department of Labor (DOL) published a proposed rule to create an apprenticeship program run by private-sector partners recognized by the agency. The agency would designate “standards recognition entities” or SREs from…

By Daniel Brown, Regulatory Economist Parked outside the Mobile Chamber of Commerce where the Office of Advocacy hosted a roundtable on the DOL’s Overtime Rule, there was a van for the local Fox 10 News. At first glance, it may have…