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Employment and Labor

Impact of the DOL’s New Overtime Rule: Fewer Employees Will Be Exempt From Overtime

A new overtime rule, Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales,...

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Employment and Labor

FTC Issues Final Rule Banning Non-Compete Agreements

On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission voted in favor of issuing a Final...

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Employment and Labor

The U.S. Supreme Court Redefines the “Undue Hardship” Standard for Religious Accommodations under Title VII

On June 29, 2023, the United States Supreme Court issued a unanimous opinion in the...

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Employment and Labor

Medical Marijuana in the Workplace: What’s Next?

Originally published in the Fall 2019 edition of Florida Restaurant & Lodging, official publication of...

Employment and Labor

What Happened?!? Five Reasons Why Your Sexual Harassment Training Isn't Working

Each day brings news about yet another sexual harassment claim against a high-profile and powerful...

Employment and Labor

Employee vs. Independent Contractor: How This Classification is Bringing Legal Challenges to the Gig Economy

The gig economy is a labor market characterized by temporary positions or freelance work with...

Employment and Labor

What To Know About Website Accessibility Claims

The new battleground for Plaintiffs filing ADA accessibility cases involves claims of barriers not in...

Employment and Labor

Ten FLSA Myths that Can Get You into Trouble

If you are an employer, you likely know that the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”)...

Employment and Labor

Novartis Decision and its Effect on Employers

On July 6, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that...

Employment and Labor

Understanding Reduction in Force Issues for the Employer

Though it seems that nobody can agree as to whether we are in a recession,...