Last week the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor (“WHD”) made a significant announcement concerning the available damages in administrative proceedings.
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Continue Reading United States DOL announces that it will no longer oversee the payment of liquidated damages in FLSA administrative hearingsRecently the New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development issued proposed rules on the ABC test for independent contractors. We recently wrote an alert about the proposed rules, which
Continue Reading NJ DOL Issues Proposed Rules on ABC Test for Independent Contractor Classification
I read an interesting article by Richard Reibstein of Locke Lord on a thorny issue that I have encountered numerous times. That is whether an employer can cover individuals it
Continue Reading Independent Contractors And Workers’ Compensation Coverage—Never The Twain Shall Meet?
My colleagues, Colin Dougherty and Lindsey Cook, wrote about the coming of a new USDOL independent contractor rule that would likely further hamper an employer’s ability to use individuals (e.g.
Continue Reading USDOL Issues Final Independent Contractor Rule: The Box Closes In (A Little More)
The New Jersey Department of Labor and the Attorney General have really declared war against the supposed scourge of misclassification of workers as independent contractors. The agency is making this
Continue Reading NJ Attorney General Reveals New Weapon In State’s Fight Against Misclassification
The office of Wage-Hour Administrator, a vital office in the functioning and direction of the USDOL, has now at long last, been filled. On October 25, 2023, Jessica Looman was
Continue Reading A New USDOL Wage and Hour Division Administrator Will Continue The Pro-Employee Agenda of The Biden Administration
There is a general trend in the country to narrow the scope of who can be an independent contractor and to provide such individuals more “rights” concerning their employment, or
Continue Reading Another State Enacts Legislation To Protect Independent Contractors: A Quickening Trend
Several months ago, the US Department of Labor (DOL) proposed a rule in a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“Notice”) to define when someone is/is not an independent contractor. The focus
Continue Reading USDOL Proposed New Independent Contractor Doctrine Focuses On Control: An Interesting Take?
I have defended dozens of nursing homes, home health services, residential care centers and other health care providers in audits of their wage practices by the US. Department of Labor
Continue Reading The Long-Term Health Care Industry Faces New, Intense USDOL Scrutiny: Make Sure You Are FLSA Compliant!
The certification process for FLSA collective actions has typically been a two-step process. The first step is to secure conditional certification, which is often handed out as easily as a
Continue Reading The Times They Are A Changin’–A District Court Rejects The “Usual” Two Tier FLSA Class Action Certification Model