Texas Federal Court Strikes Down the U.S. Department of Labor’s Salary Threshold Rule for Exempt Employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act on a Nationwide Basis November 22, 2024 By: Katya Lancero Norris In May 2023, we [...]

The EEOC’s Final Regulation Clarifying and Interpreting the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act July 22, 2024 By: Katya M. Lancero In March 2023, we published an article about the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act[1] (“PWFA”), [...]

Federal Court Sets Aside the Federal Trade Commission’s Non-Compete Ban September 3, 2024. By: Katya M. Lancero On April 26, 2024, Sacks Tierney employment law attorney Shar Bahmani published an article regarding the United [...]

By: Katya M. Lancero The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) is a federal law requiring private and government-sector employers to pay employees no less than the federal minimum wage for all hours worked and overtime [...]

FTC Final Rule Prohibits Employer-Worker Non-Compete Agreements The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a final rule on April 23, 2024 which purports to ban employer-worker non-compete agreements nationwide as [...]

The DOL’s Independent Contractor Final Rule March 26, 2024, By Katya Lancero and Greg Gillis      In late 2022, we published an article about the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) Proposed Rule that would modify [...]

National Labor Relations Board Ruling Reverts Back to Employee-Friendly Standard Regarding Whether a Worker is an Employee or Independent Contractor under the National Labor Relations Act  By: Katya M. Lancero The National [...]

In recent years, more and more states have begun to disfavor non-compete agreements and strictly construe them against employers.  Continuing with this recent trend, on July 9, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order [...]

Separation Non-Confidential: The continuing viability of confidentiality and non-disparagement provisions in separation agreements in the aftermath of the NLRB’s McClaren Decision The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) [...]

The United States Congress recently enacted the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”), effective June 27, 2023.  The new law applies to private employers with 15 or more employees and certain public sector employers.  [...]