We’re always interested to read which cities are the best for business, or the best for raising a family, or retiring to, or whatnot. That’s why we thought WalletHub listing of the best small cities in America to open a startup was an interesting twist. Who knew Holland, Michigan and St. George, Utah were so…
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DDIFO is thrilled to announce that Andrew Puzder, former CKE Restaurants CEO, will wrap up the 2018 DDIFO National Conferencein New Orleans as the Closing Keynote Speaker. Puzder, who helped turn Hardee’s and Carl’s Jr. into the fast food powerhouses they are today, was nominated in 2016 by President Trump to serve as the United States…
Read More »It has been in the works for a while now (Ring was first nominated back in January to fill the seat vacated by Phil Miscimarra), but the National Labor Relations Board is finally back to full strength with the confirmation of attorney John Ring. On a party line vote of 50-48, the Senate approved Ring…
Read More »The US Circuit Court of Appeals for DC has accepted the Browning-Ferris case for consideration again in the wake of the NLRB vacating its decision in Hy-Brand Industrial Contractors that overturned the new joint employer definition established by the NLRB under President Obama in the Browning-Ferris decision. After the original Hy-Brand decision, the court remanded…
Read More »The US Department of Labor this week issued Field Assistance Bulletin (FAB) 2018-3 on the impact of the tip pooling provisions contained in the Omnibus Spending Bill signed into law by the President a few weeks ago. The FAB makes clear that employers who pay the full FLSA minimum wage are no longer prohibited from…
Read More »We are only two short months away from the 2018 DDIFO National Conference, on June 11 & 12 at Harrahs New Orleans Hotel & Casino in New Orleans, Louisiana! We will be announcing the complete program agenda within the week or so, but we can tell you that the Welcome Reception will be held on…
Read More »The Maryland legislature adjourned the current session on Monday of this week, but not before passing Governor Larry Hogan’s sick leave tax credit program. Governor Hogan vetoed Maryland Healthy Working Families Act (mandated sick leave) passed at the end of last session, but his veto was quickly overridden by the democrat-dominated legislature at the beginning…
Read More »The US 9th Circuit Court of Appeals this week ruled that Fresno County could not pay an individual female employee less than a male counterpart because of the woman’s lower salary history. An 11-judge panel of the San Francisco-based court unanimously ruled that doing so would violate the federal Equal Pay Act of 1963 and…
Read More »As proof of the proliferation of pay equity laws and new restrictions on the hiring process, we noted that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has proposed legislation that would ban private employers from inquiring into or considering an applicant’s salary history when setting compensation. Last year, he issued Executive Orders #161 and #162, which prohibit…
Read More »Rhode Island has its own version of a pay equity law moving through its legislature that gives us great cause for concern. So much so that we wanted to separately identify it for you here! This week, the Senate Labor Committee unanimously recommended passage of S.2475, which allows employees to be paid differently if the…
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