On January 24, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules (the “Final Rules”) related to special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) and de-SPAC transactions.[1] The Final Rules are intended to provide... Read more »
The Department of Homeland Security posted a pair of final regulations Tuesday, one that will increase U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services filing fees and another that will overhaul the H-1B selection process.... Read more »
The U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) recently issued a final rule (the “2024 Rule”) which reverts the independent contractor analysis back to a multifactor, totality-of-the-circumstances review that, as compared to the current rule... Read more »
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has released its long-anticipated Final Rule revising the standard for determining whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act... Read more »
On December 20, 2023, and more than two years after announcing a proposed rule, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) issued its much-anticipated final rule regarding safety plans for powered haulage.... Read more »
We rang in the new year waiting and watching for the issuance of the EEOC’s final regulations implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA). The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA)... Read more »
The Colorado Department of Labor Employment (CDLE) has issued the highly anticipated final Equal Pay Transparency (EPT) Rules and the Statement of Basis, Purpose, Specific Statutory Authority, and Findings, which seek to... Read more »
On September 15, 2023, the New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (“DCWP”) issued a final rule (“Final Rule”) on the City’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Act (“ESSTA”). As... Read more »
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Topics: Court Decisions, Wage & Hour Issues A recent Ninth Circuit panel held that Hyatt employees who were “laid off” in March 2020 were entitled to payment of their accrued vacation time... Read more »
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations final rule includes hundreds of pages of changes to the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA) standards and is estimated... Read more »
Executive Summary: On August 4, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published a final rule amending the 2020 pre-enforcement regulations colloquially referred to as the “PDN... Read more »