Republishing the 2019 overtime rule is a technical correction accounting for changes in the law that have already occurred, the US Department of Labor said.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed into law a bill that will enhance pay transparency, strengthen lactation break protections and impose a number of other new requirements on employers.
Two newly-enacted Maryland laws will prohibit employers' use of "captive audience" meetings during a unionizing campaign and authorize the Public Employee Relations Board to act in place of the NLRB under certain circumstances.
Although the business community greeted them as an improvement over draft rules proposed last year, the new regulations are still expected to make it more difficult for businesses to classify workers as independent contractors.
The US Department of Labor (DOL) will propose a new rule intended to establish a "clear, consistent understanding" of when employers are jointly responsible for complying with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA).
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