Issued by President Biden in 2021, Executive Order 14026 had initially required a minimum wage for certain federal contractors of $15.00 an hour. With annual inflation adjustments, that minimum wage rose to its current level of $17.75 per hour.
Just as court-ordered changes to Michigan's paid sick leave and minimum wage laws were set to take effect, legislators passed a last-minute compromise intended to respond to the concerns of small businesses and tipped workers.
The Supreme Court has ruled that employers need to show only a "preponderance of the evidence" to prove that an employee is exempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Civil money penalties under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) and other laws enforced by the US Department of Labor (DOL) are increasing by 2.6%, starting January 15.
The Department of Labor has formally rescinded a 2021 rule that made it more difficult for employers to claim a minimum wage tip credit under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
The US Department of Labor (DOL) is proposing to stop issuing new certificates allowing employers to employ workers with disabilities at wages below $7.25 per hour, and to phase out existing certificates over the next three years - however, it is not clear whether its plan will survive under the incoming Trump administration.
A federal district court has blocked the US Department of Labor's overtime rule - which would have raised the minimum salary for most overtime-exempt employees to $58,656 - weeks before it was supposed to take effect.
In a new opinion letter, the US Department of Labor (DOL) says business expense reimbursements must "reasonably approximate" an employee's actual expenses to be excluded from their regular rate of pay when calculating overtime.