Alert Update for Schools on the New Final Overtime Rule June 8, 2016 The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) is the federal wage and hour law that generally requires employers to pay overtime (at time-and-one-half of employees’ regular hourly wage rates) if employees work over 40 hours in a workweek. The FLSA, however, contains certain broad exemptions. If an employee...

Labor & Employment June 2016 New York Proposes Additional Regulations Concerning How Employers Can Pay Employees By Carolyn D. Richmond, Glenn S. Grindlinger and Jason B. Jendrewski Employers may pay employees their wages in several different ways. For many employers, long gone are the days where they physically distribute paychecks to all of their employees at the end of the week....

Privacy and Security Law Report ® Reproduced with permission from Privacy & Security Law Report, 15 PVLR 1253, 6/20/16. Copyright ஽ 2016 by The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (800-372-1033) http://www.bna.com Right to Be Forgotten France’s data protection regulator ordered Alphabet Inc.’s Google in 2015 to comply with the right to be forgotten. If...

Labor & Employment June 2016 District of Columbia Set To Increase Minimum Wage to $15 Following Several Other States and Localities By Alexander W. Leonard The District of Columbia City Council has unanimously passed a schedule of increases to the local minimum wage. Under the bill, private sector minimum wages in the District will reach $15.00 per hour by 2020. This new increase comes...

National Survey on Marijuana Laws and Regulations Joshua Horn Partner Fox Rothschild LLP 215.299.2184 jhorn@foxrothschild.com Nicholas Casiello, Jr. Partner Fox Rothschild LLP 609.572.2234 ncasiello@foxrothschild.com National Survey on Marijuana Laws and Regulations This survey has been provided by the Fox Rothschild Administrative Law & Government Relations Practice as a quick...

Labor & Employment May 2016 It Could Have Been Worse: U.S. Department of Labor Increases the Salary Level Necessary for Employers To Classify Employees as Exempt From Overtime By Carolyn D. Richmond and Glenn S. Grindlinger On May 18, 2016, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) released amendments to the overtime regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which will go...

Employment Law Breakfast Briefing: The Final DOL Rule on FLSA Exemptions (St. Cloud) June 21, 2016 On May 18, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its highly anticipated Final Rule setting new Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) salary requirements for various FLSA exemptions. The Final Rule, which becomes effective December 1, 2016, significantly increases the minimum weekly salary that must...

Health Law Alert: U.S. Supreme Court Clarifies Basis for Liability Under the False Claims Act June 16, 2016 In a unanimous decision issued on June 16 in Universal Health Services, Inc. v. United States ex rel. Escobar, 579 U.S. ___ (2016), the United States Supreme Court held that plaintiffs may rely on the so-called “implied false certification theory” as a basis for...

Nonprofit Alert: Department of Labor Issues Guidance for Nonprofits on New Overtime Rule June 14, 2016 The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has released a Fact Sheet and Guidance on compliance with its new overtime rule (“Final Rule”), specifically addressing nonprofit organizations. DOL is apparently concerned that many nonprofit employers believe the requirements of the new...

Health Law Alert: The Deadline for Amending Business Associate Agreements is Quickly Approaching By Jesse Berg and Tim Johnson June 23, 2014 A key change from 2013’s HITECH “Omnibus” Rule was a requirement that Business Associate Agreements (“BAAs”) be modified to reflect the latest revisions to the HIPAA regulations. When the Rule was issued on...

Employers: June 30 Deadline Looms for DOL’s Revised Persuader Rule PEPPER@WORK | June 22, 2016 Christopher J. Moran | moranc@pepperlaw.com Lee E. Tankle | tanklel@pepperlaw.com THE GREATLY EXPANDED PERSUADER RULE WILL REQUIRE EMPLOYERS TO REPORT ANY AGREEMENT OR ARRANGEMENT WITH A LAWYER OR THIRD-PARTY CONSULTANT TO “PERSUADE” EMPLOYEES — DIRECTLY OR...

Updating Your Employee Handbook for 2016 PEPPER@WORK | June 20, 2016 Tracey E. Diamond | diamondt@pepperlaw.com WITH EVER-EVOLVING LAWS AND REGULATIONS, IT IS IMPORTANT TO ENSURE THAT YOUR COMPANY’S HANDBOOK IS CURRENT. A version of this article was originally published in the June 2016 issue of The HR Specialist. It is reprinted here with permission. Employee handbooks are...

New Labor “Persuader” Reporting Requirements, Status in Flux 06.30.2016 | UPDATES A federal judge in Texas has issued a nationwide injunction against the new labor “persuader” reporting requirements that were due to take effect on July 1, 2016. The ruling does not impact earlier employer reporting requirements, which remain in effect. Background The...

New DOL Overtime Rules: Compliance and Litigation Prevention Tips 05.18.2016 | UPDATES Does your business have exempt employees who earn less than $47,476 a year? If so, they will likely not be exempt for long. Beginning December 1, 2016, most workers who earn less than $47,476 a year (just over double the current threshold amount of $23,660) must be paid overtime unless they otherwise qualify...

IRS Limits Recently Announced for Benefits and Other Tax Provisions for 2016 The IRS recently announced cost-of-living adjustments for various provisions affecting employee benefit plans, savings programs and other tax provisions for the tax year 2016. 2015 2016 Social Security Wage Base $118,500 $118,500 RETIREMENT PLAN LIMITS Limit on Elective Deferrals Limit on Catch-Up Deferrals Annual...