It should be no surprise by now that a certain circuit (I’m looking at you Ninth Circuit) makes its own rules. So much so, the Supreme Court recently had to inform them of the shocking truth that dead judges can’t write opinions. If you are seeing the quote “…federal judges are appointed for life, not for eternity” around a lot lately ...
Well…we finally have some indication from the DOL on how it intends to update Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) regulations covering overtime exemptions for employees who fit into the “white collar” exemptions for Executive, Administrative and Professional employees. The overtime threshold, currently at $23,660/year or ...
Julie R. Pugh & Lee P. Geiger
Yesterday, March 4, 2019, a federal D.C. Circuit judge ordered the EEOC’s pay data collection initiative to be reinstated. As a refresher, generally all private employers with more than 100 employees and all federal contractors (with 50 or more employees and a contract with the federal government worth more than ...
In August 2017, the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio found that insurance agents working under independent contractor agreements for a major insurance company were employees for purposes of pursuing pension and other benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) of 1974.[1] Recognizing ...