Pennsylvania’s Allegheny County Board of Health has unanimously approved seeking public comment on a proposal to expand Allegheny County’s Paid Sick Leave rules and to adopt paid parental leave obligations for employers. The public comment period will remain open for...
You know the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). It’s that 1938 law that says employers have to pay minimum wage and overtime. Oh, if only it were that simple. Despite being nearly a century old, the FLSA continues to trip up employers in often costly ways. Many of the...
Following on from our blog earlier in the week concerning the ECJ’s recent decision on data subject access requests (DSARs), we take a brief look at different European countries and the role that DSARs have come to play in these jurisdictions. Belgium In Belgium,...
The Los Angeles City Council has approved amendments that would slow the implementation schedule for the City’s Hotel Worker Minimum Wage Ordinance and related airport worker wage provisions. The move revises the framework adopted in 2025, which had been set to...
New high school curriculum initiatives, such as the Texas Education Agency’s recently adopted Occupational Safety and Compliance Lab course, are bringing safety and health concepts into teenagers’ classrooms—and the implications are significant for students,...
Takeaways The current federal salary threshold for most white-collar overtime exemptions remains $684 per week ($35,568 annually) under the reinstated 2019 rule. Employers should immediately review exempt employee classifications and compensation practices to ensure...
Consistent with the Trump Administration’s longstanding stance on “gender ideology,” several recent legal developments have curtailed or sought to limit LGBTQ rights. Collectively, these actions reflect a broader trend of renewed efforts to limit LGBTQ protections at...
The Department of Labor announced, April 22, 2026, a new Proposed Rule on who can be a joint employer under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (MSPA). Concerns over who...
On March 19, 2026, the Illinois Supreme Court clarified that the Illinois Minimum Wage Law (“IMWL”) does not incorporate the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (“FLSA”) exclusions for pre- and post-shift work. The Court’s ruling in Johnson v. Amazon.com Services, LLC, 2026 IL...
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