With pandemic issues swirling around countless minimum wage ihke proposals, we could almost forget about the need for Fair Franchising Legislation in so many states around the country – but we haven’t forgotten. In fact, the Oregon legislature will hold a public hearing next Wednesday, February 17 – via Zoom, of course – on House…
Read More »Last week, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it had ended the employer self-reporting wage and hour program that was implemented by the Trump administration. The Payroll Audit Independent Determination program (PAID), which was launched in 2018, allowed employers to self-report potential wage and hour violations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and…
Read More »As the effort to more than double the federal minimum wage across the country gathers steam with a democratic trifecta at the federal level – albeit a slim one, tone-deaf state politicians continue to pile on small business woes. A couple of examples, as referenced above while the Pennsylvania legislature is putting over $900 million…
Read More »In New York, which accounts for the 2nd highest coronavirus death rate in the country at 225 deaths per 100,000 residents, even while dramatically underreporting COVID nursing home deaths, the state Department of Labor last week issued guidance ordering that if an employer requires an employee to stay home for fear that the employee has…
Read More »DDIFO will host another timely webinar sponsored by the Coalition of Franchisee Associations (CFA) next Tuesday, February 9 from 11:00 AM – 12:00 Noon EST. “Breaking Down the Employee Retention Tax Credit” will feature Justin Elanjian and Tommy Lee, partners in Aprio, the CPA and Business Advisory firm of Aprio. The webinar will provide a…
Read More »Last week, our lead story in Small Regular No Sugar! was the firing of National Labor Relations General Counsel Peter Robb. In his place, deputy general counsel, Alice Stock, ascended to the position of Acting General Counsel until a replacement was to be named. Her tenure was quite short however, as Biden turned around and…
Read More »Underscoring the importance of who’s calling the shots at the NLRB, DOL and other federal departments during the transition from the Trump to the Biden administration, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) this week announced that it was withdrawing three opinion letters that address compliance issues related to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The…
Read More »Starbucks reported Q1 sales and earnings on Tuesday of this week with both global and US same store sales slightly weaker than expectations at minus 5%. Like other QSR operators, the US same store sales trend worsened somewhat through December, but the company sees January coming in at minus 2. While the company reported US transactions were…
Read More »On his first day in office as the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden this week terminated attorney Peter Robb from his position as General Counsel for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). News reports indicate that the Biden administration requested that Robb resign from the position and allow the newly inaugurated President…
Read More »Back during the 2020 Presidential Campaign, then candidate Joe Biden made it clear where he would come down on labor issues, pledging to the AFL-CIO at a Labor Day event that he will be “the strongest labor president you ever had” when he is in the White House. Well, he’s only been there two days,…
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