Employers have had many questions about the new federal Overtime and Non-Compete Clause Rules whose effective dates are looming. Legal challenges may slow or stop the Rules from becoming effective. Overtime — A lawsuit was filed challenging the new federal Overtime Rule that is otherwise scheduled to be effective July…
On May 7, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC’s) Non-Compete Clause Rule was published in the Federal Register. It will become effective in 120 days, September 4, 2024, unless court or agency action delays or stops it. As noted in our April 29, 2024 blog post, lawsuits were promptly filed…
The new federal overtime rule, scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2024, increases the minimum salaries necessary to exempt executive, administrative, professional, and highly compensated employees from the Fair Labor Standard Act’s overtime pay requirements. Specifically, under the new final rule: On July 1, 2024, the minimum or “standard…
In a recent preliminary injunction comparing Florida’s First Amendment views to the “upside down” parallel dimension in the television series Stranger Things, a federal district court in Florida temporarily prevented enforcement against employers of the Information Freedom Act (“IFA”) (dubbed as The Stop the Wrongs to Our Kids and Employees…
This year, in addition to the posting requirements set forth in our August 26, 2021 blog referring to state and federal minimum wage, federal contractors have two additional posting changes. Those who are covered by Executive Order 13658 must pay employees the federal contractor minimum wage, which was adjusted to…