WASHINGTON -- Heeding the complaints of business, the Bush administration is revamping decades-old labor regulations in an overhaul that could force many higher-income Americans to work longer hours ...

Early in my career enforcing New York labor laws, I handled a case involving workers for Burritoville, a now-defunct chain that had several locations in New York City. Each store only had eight or ...

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service announced penalty relief Monday for employers and payors ...

Business leaders are expecting federal agencies to make high-stakes employment law changes even when Congress is not. Employers are increasingly concerned about beefed-up federal agency rules that ...

A Texas federal judge got it wrong and overlooked controlling precedents when he determined employers should evaluate job duties alone to decide if an employee is exempt from the nation's overtime ...

The extended government shutdown has the potential to shorten the lifespan of President Donald Trump’s labor agenda, holding ...

A federal benchmark on overtime pay is scheduled to change Jan. 1, but implementation could be impacted by plans of the incoming Trump administration. A new federal rule that expands overtime pay ...

On November 15, 2024, the Eastern District of Texas invalidated the newly established overtime pay regulations issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) in 2024. These regulations incrementally ...

A revision to overtime rules from the U.S. Department of Labor is posing strategic challenges to employers. Beginning on July 1, the Department of Labor will enact the first in a series of increases ...

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The rule has limitations, and the IRS has yet to provide clear guidance on how companies should report qualified overtime ...