The White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released the Administration’s fall 2019 unified agenda of federal regulatory and deregulatory actions on November 20th. The biannual list provides updates […]
This week the final U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council released regulations and guidance to implement Executive Order 13673, Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces, aka, “blacklisting.” […]
A Texas court has ruled to prevent the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) “on a national basis from implementing any and all aspects of [DOL’s persuader rule] pending a final […]
By Pat O’Connor, IWLA Washington Representative Today, Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.) introduced H.J.Res. 95, a Congressional Review Act resolution to nullify the overtime rule with all Republican committee members as original cosponsors. […]
The time to act is now. IWLA members need to contact their senators and representatives immediately and ask that they prevent the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) from imposing unnecessary and harmful […]
It’s not over yet! IWLA urges members to contact his/her senators and representatives immediately to prevent the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) from imposing unnecessary and harmful changes to the […]
In June 2015, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposed an increase to the overtime exemptions, more than doubling the salary level required to qualify for overtime payments. The increase […]
On Oct. 13, U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee Chairman John Kline (R-Minn.) and Workforce Protections Subcommittee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) asked the Department of Labor (DOL) to provide information on […]
The Partnership to Protect Workplace Opportunity (PPWO) submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Labor in response to proposed changes in criteria for employee exemptions from overtime requirements. The letter […]
On July 6, the U.S. Department of Labor released its proposed rules for increasing the eligibility requirement for workers to receive overtime payments when working more than 40 hours per […]
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