An opinion letter recently issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) states that employers cannot let workers use paid time off before taking leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA). The FMLA entitles eligible employees of covered employers to take up to 12 weeks of unpaid job-protected leave per year for specified… Continue reading Department of Labor Issues FMLA Leave Opinion Letter
Month: March 2019
Update on EEO-1 Pay Data Reporting
Our last post discussed the US District Court decision requiring employers to submit employee pay data as part of their EEO-1 reporting obligation. On March 19th, based on apparent agency inaction since that date, the Court ordered the EEOC and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to inform employers by April 3, 2019 if… Continue reading Update on EEO-1 Pay Data Reporting
EEO-1 Reporting of Pay Data
Back in 2016, the EEOC changed EEO-1 reporting requirements to require that employers submit pay data in addition to information about employees’ race, gender and ethnicity. However, the new reporting requirement was not implemented and most employers did not begin collecting pay data as part of their EEO-1 data collection process. On March 4, 2019,… Continue reading EEO-1 Reporting of Pay Data
DOL Issues Proposed Overtime Rule
At long last, the Department of Labor has issued a notice of proposed rule making to update overtime regulations. The proposed rule would raise the salary threshold for exempt employees from $455 per week to $679 per week ($35,308 per year) beginning in January 2020. You will recall, the 2016 Final Rule sought to increase… Continue reading DOL Issues Proposed Overtime Rule
