September 26, 2019
New DOL Rule to Make Over A Million Workers Eligible for Overtime
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has increased the salary threshold for employees to be considered exempt from overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act. As the first increase…
Read More ›September 16, 2019
In a Win for Employers, California Supreme Court Limits Reach of PAGA
On September 12, 2019, the California Supreme Court decided ZB N.A. v. Superior Court and issued a rare win for employers in a year that has brought, among other things,…
Read More ›September 12, 2019
California’s A.B. 5 Poised to Change Independent Contractor Law Permanently
On September 11, 2019, the California Legislature passed Assembly Bill 5, a landmark employment bill that largely codifies the state Supreme Court’s decision in Dynamex Operations West v. Superior Court,…
Read More ›April 25, 2019
Classwide Arbitration Cannot be Compelled from an Ambiguous Agreement, Divided Supreme Court Holds
On April 24, 2019, the U.S. Supreme Court in Lamps Plus, Inc. v. Varela issued the latest in what has become a burgeoning series of impactful rulings related to arbitration…
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On March 7, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a proposed white-collar overtime exemption rule that would set the Fair Labor Standard Act’s (FLSA) salary threshold for exempt…
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