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On June 3, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division announced that it is reviewing regulations addressing the distinction between an employee and an independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Independent…

On March 18, 2022, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division published a proposed rule updating the Davis-Bacon Act and Related Acts Regulations, the first comprehensive review of federal construction regulations in over forty…

The Office of Advocacy, an independent office within the U.S. Small Business Administration, is holding a virtual roundtable to hear directly from small businesses about the Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed rule to update regulations…

The Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division previously announced that it is reviewing the regulations that implement the Fair Labor Standard Act’s minimum wage and overtime exemptions for bona fide executive, administrative, and…

On March 18, 2022, the Department of Labor (DOL) published a proposed rule to update regulations implementing the Davis-Bacon Act, which applies to federal and federally-assisted construction projects. DOL has prepared an initial…

The Office of Advocacy, an independent office within the U.S. Small Business Administration, is holding a virtual roundtable to hear directly from small businesses about upcoming regulatory changes to the Overtime Regulations at the…

On December 1, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Employment and Training Administration published a proposed rulemaking to revise the wage methodology governing the labor certification of temporary agricultural foreign workers in…

On October 14, 2021, the Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) proposed amendments to the Investment Duties regulation under Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended…

On September 16, 2021, the above federal agencies proposed rules requiring that air ambulance providers provide certain cost information and claims data as is required by the No Surprises Act. The proposed rules also include an HHS-only…

On August 27, 2021, the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) submitted comments to the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL) on its proposed rule, which increases the minimum wage for federal…