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On May 12, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published its final rule on electronic reporting of workplace injuries and illnesses. OSHA, Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses, 81...

Obama Administration’s Overtime Rule Faces Uncertain Future In our November 1, 2016 alert, we had discussed the new overtime rule unveiled by the Obama Administration in May which, effective December 1, would have...

New Department of Labor Overtime Rule Creates New Pitfalls for Employers On May 18, the United States Department of Labor released its final rule regarding changes to the overtime threshold for the Fair Labor Standards Act...

Court of Appeals Decision Reiterates that Race is Based on Immutable Characteristics On September 15, 2016, by a 3-0 decision, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit dismissed a Title VII race...

  NLRB’s Latest Decision on Social Media Policy a Cautionary Tale for Employers: Beware Vague or Outdated Policies!   Over the past several years, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has been issuing a...