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On July 22, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a proposed rule to implement Executive Order 14026, Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors, signed by President Biden on April 27, 2021. The regulation will increase the…

On June 21, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division released a proposed rule changing the tip credit regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The tip credit allows an employer to pay an employee in a…

On May 6, 2021, the Department of Labor (DOL) released a proposed rule rescinding parts of its regulations in the H-2A visa program, limiting the use of the visa to temporary or seasonal periods of need, and ending the practice of…

On April 1, 2021 the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Request for Information (RFI) on the sources of data and methodologies for determining prevailing wage levels covering employment opportunities that U.S. employers seek to fill with…

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…