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Wyatt Employment Law Report | Labor Law Blog
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Written by: Marianna Michael Overruling a lower court, the Supreme Court of Kentucky unanimously upheld Governor Andy Beshear’s authority to issue executive orders in an emergency on November 12, 2020. Attorney General Daniel Cameron had joined three Northern Kentucky business ..read more
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Written by: Sean Williamson On September 22, 2020, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a proposed rule that attempts to clarify the distinction between employees covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) and independent contractors. The FLSA requires covered ..read more
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By Marianna Michael On Thursday, March 28, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced proposed changes to the overtime provisions of section 7(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act. In its current form, the statute generally requires employers to ..read more
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By Sharon Gold The Office of the Federal Register officially published the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) raising the salary minimum for exempt workers that we discussed last week. The NPRM proposes to raise the minimum salary for exempt workers ..read more
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By Sharon Gold On Thursday, March 7, 2019, the Department of Labor (“DOL”) released the much anticipated Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“NPRM”) that significantly raises the minimum salary for exempt workers from $23,660 to $35,308. It is estimated that if ..read more
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By Glen Krebs The Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) Office of Foreign Labor Certification (“OFLC”) has announced a plan to change the way it handles the ETA-9142B form which begins the H-2B application process. Beginning July 3, 2019, all H-2B applications ..read more
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By Julie Laemmle Watts The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) published a final rule on January 25, 2019, which goes into effect February 25, 2019. The final rule better protects worker privacy by eliminating the electronic submission requirement of ..read more
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By Sharon Gold Over the past few decades, the US Supreme Court has become a very arbitration-friendly Court. Indeed, in the last decade, the Court has upheld arbitration in numerous decisions. This week, in a rare victory for arbitration opponents ..read more
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By Marianna Michael It is time to begin working on your H-1B visa petitions for the fiscal year beginning October 2019. The H-1B visa offers employers a means to temporarily hire international workers for positions that cannot be filled by ..read more
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By Marianna Michael The Supreme Court of Kentucky has rejected a challenge to Kentucky’s right-to-work law, which prohibits companies from requiring workers to pay union dues as a condition for holding a job. The relevant provision, codified in KRS 336.130 ..read more