NEW RULES ON OVERTIME COMPENSATION AND NONCOMPETITION AGREEMENTS
The Department of Labor (“DOL”) and the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) each made critical rule changes last week impacting employers across most industries. First, the DOL announced a new rule raising the salary thresholds for overtime exemptions, which will make millions of employees eligible for overtime pay. Second, the FTC issued its long-awaited final rule […]
NLRB’S APPROACH TO ANALYZING WORK RULES
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) recently adopted a new standard for assessing the validity of workplace rules. Under this new standard, as articulated in Stericylce, Inc. and Teamsters Local 628, 372 NLRB No. 113 (2023), a workplace rule is presumed unlawful if an employee could reasonably interpret the rule to restrict his/her rights under […]