DOL Promulgates New Rule

The regulatory agenda is a listing of all the regulations the Department expects to have under active consideration for promulgation, proposal, or review.

NRF Statement on Reversal of DOL Final Overtime Rule

Finalized in April 2024, the rule would have increased the minimum annual salary threshold that determines overtime pay eligibility under the ...

New DOL Overtime Rule Goes Into Effect Nationwide For Private ...

In issuing the injunction, the court held that the DOL exceeded its authority by raising the salary threshold for exemption and requiring ...

DOL Final Rule Addressing H-2A Worker Protections and Pending ...

On April 29, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published the final rule “Improving Protections ... § 655.135(h) and adds two new ...

New Overtime Rule is Scheduled to Go into Effect on July 1, 2024

The Department of Labor (DOL or Department) promulgated a new rule that is to go into effect on July 1, 2024. The final rule updates and ...

U.S. Department of Labor Promulgates Final Minimum Wage and ...

The effective date for the Final Rule is July 1, 2024. ... The new threshold becomes effective on January 1, 2025. ... The new threshold becomes ...

What's next? The Potential Impact of the Fifth Circuit's Mayfield ...

While seen as a win for the DOL in its effort to enforce its more recent 2024 Final Rule, the ruling does not address the validity of the 2024 ...

The DOL Publishes its Long-Awaited Final Independent Contractor ...

On January 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) published its long-awaited final rule (the “Final Rule”) for determining who ...

Federal Court Strikes Down Tip Credit Rule Promulgated by the DOL

On August 23, 2024, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a final rule promulgated by the Department of Labor (“DOL”) restricting ...

Final Rule on Prudence and Loyalty in Selecting Plan Investments ...

On March 10, 2021, the Department announced it was reviewing the 2020 rules and issued an enforcement policy statement under ERISA.(7) The statement announced ...

DOL Issues Final Independent Contractor Rule - Vedder Price

On January 9, 2024, the Department of Labor (the “DOL”) promulgated a final rule to define the test for independent contractor status under ...

Lawsuits Challenge DOL's New Independent Contractor Rule

The new DOL independent contractor rule, which was published on January 10, 2024, makes it more difficult to classify workers as independent contractors.

U.S. Department of Labor Promulgates Final Independent ...

The U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) recently issued a final rule[1] (“the Final Rule”) regarding the standard for determining whether a worker is ...

Fifth Circuit Strikes Down DOL Tip-Credit Rule as contrary to FLSA ...

From 2009 to the promulgation of the final rule in question in 2020, the DOL's interpretation, and therefore enforcement posture, became more of ...

Status Update: Challenges to the Department of Labor's Overtime Rule

An older lawsuit also has been implicated by the new rule. Mayfield v. U.S. Dep't of Labor challenges the Department of Labor's authority to set ...

New Independent Contractor Rule Facing Multiple Legal Challenges

On January 9, 2024, the United States Department of Labor's (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) announced a final rule regarding how to determine ...

DOL issues Final Rule on independent contractors under the FLSA

In the Final Rule issued yesterday, the DOL wrote that “after considering the views expressed by commenters, the Department is finalizing its ...

How the DOL's Independent Contractor Rule Tug-of-War Could ...

In early 2024, the DOL published a new independent contractor rule that looks to many of the factors outlined in the multifactor, totality-of- ...

Employee or Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair ...

The U.S. Department of Labor (the Department) is modifying Wage and Hour Division regulations to replace its analysis for determining ...

DOL Proposes New Rule For Independent Contractor Classification

Soon after its promulgation, the DOL, under the Biden administration, attempted to delay and later withdraw the 2021 Rule. Both attempts were vacated by the ...