Labor Days
Paid Sick Leave Expands with President Obama’s Labor Day Executive Order
On Labor Day, President Obama signed an Executive Order (“Order”) forcing companies who contract with the federal government to provide paid sick leave to their employees. The Order tracks the language in many states’…
In Race Against The Clock, OSHA Makes Nonregulatory Moves
Reprinted with permission from Law360 and Porfolio Media, Inc. The Occupational Safety & Health Act requires that the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) observe a rulemaking process that is, in…
Reminder – Be Careful When Settling A Wage Claim
Addressing an issue that the Second Circuit had not explicitly touched before, the court just held that parties cannot privately resolve and/or discontinue an FLSA claim, without the supervision of the DOL or court…
Sirius XM Settles Wage & Hour Class Action With Unpaid Interns
Earlier this month Sirius XM Radio Inc. settled a wage & hour class action with a class of 1,852 unpaid interns that claimed the company violated federal and state labor laws by failing to compensate them for the work…
Maine Cannot Ask Employees for Access to Social Media
Social media privacy legislation has seen a dramatic increase in interest in state legislatures recently. In 2015 alone, at least 23 states have introduced or considered measures to restrict employers’ ability to…