Obama’s Overtime Rule Struck Down

On May 23, 2016, the Department of Labor issued new Fair Labor Standards Act regulations which required all employers subject to the Fair Labor Standards Act to pay their “white collar” employees at least $913 per week to remain exempt from overtime.  This would have more than doubled the current $455 per week salary threshold. …

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7th Circuit Judgment Reinforces Employer Liability for Temporary Workers

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Many organizations believe hiring temporary workers from staffing agencies will absolve them of legal obligations that arise during the course of their employment. Unfortunately, as seen in the Scheurer v. Fromm Family Foods LLC decision, this is very rarely the case. Though the Scheurer decision dealt specifically with an arbitration clause, liability can and will…

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