As the end of 2019 rapidly approaches, many eyes are turning to several federal regulatory agencies where a number of important decisions are expected after the Trump administration released its regulatory schedule this week. The biggest of the big issues relates the question of joint employment status and its applicability under a number of federal…
Read More »According to that same regulatory schedule, it would appear that the final repeal of so-called ambush elections will be completed by the end of the year as well. The NLRB plans to issue a final rule repealing the 2014 Obama rule which dramatically shortened the timeframe for union organizing within private companies by eliminating the…
Read More »Staying in the regulatory realm a bit longer, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) held a public hearing earlier this week on proposed changes to the EEO-1 form. The proposed revisions deal specifically with the collection of pay data broken down by race, ethnicity and gender as was required by an Obama administration initiative. EEOC,…
Read More »DDIFO members are invited to attend a webinar on the new Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) overtime rule, becoming effective on January 1, 2019. Sponsored by the Coalition of Franchisee Associations (CFA) on December 4 at 12:00 Noon ET, the webinar is hosted by Fisher & Phillips labor and law attorneys Andria L. Ryan (co-chair…
Read More »In that same vein, New Jersey legislators are set to consider the impact that minimum wage hikes and other mandates can have on small businesses, but especially in the event of an economic downturn. Small business owner and democratic Senator Vin Gopal joined forces with republican Deputy Whip Senator Kristin Corrado to sponsor S.3607, a…
Read More »You wouldn’t think such a thing as a limited time offer (LTO) would exist for a government program, but it does for health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act. According to the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) website, the standard minimum participation rate of 70% of your employees enrolled (11 States have a…
Read More »For several years now, businesses have been plagued by litigation alleging violations of the American with Disabilities Act (whether violations existed or not) in order to extract a financial settlement (small enough to be worth settling, but large enough to be a problem) from the business owner. Such lawsuits become known as “drive-by lawsuits”. For…
Read More »As more states and localities have rushed to mandate higher wages, paid leave benefits and predictive scheduling (Fair Workweek laws), many business interests and economic-focused organizations have cautioned about the impact these mandates may have on business over time. It would appear that those cautions are starting to come to fruition if one looks more…
Read More »With Thursday being the Thanksgiving holiday, we will not be publishing Small Regular No Sugar! next Friday November 29, but we’ll be back in your inbox the following week, December 6, 2019. In the meantime, we want to wish all of our subscribers and their families a very Happy Thanksgiving!
Read More »On Wednesday of this week, the US Department of Labor (DOL) released the final rule that rescinds newspaper advertising requirements for employers seeking to hire H-2B workers. The final rule, which is being published in the Federal Register today, won’t replace the existing requirement that employers place print advertisements with one that requires employers to…
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