On July 2, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on “Heat Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings.” Public comments on the rule from interested parties are due on Monday, December 30, 2024. OSHA will also
On April 30, 2024, The Department of Labor (DOL) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a final rule amending its “Representatives of Employers and Employees” regulation to clarify that employees can authorize a third-party employee representative to accompany an OSHA Compliance Safety and
On April 23, 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) finalized its regulation entitled “Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, Administrative, Professional, Outside Sales, and Computer Employees” covering exemptions from the Fair Labor Standard Act’s (FLSA’s) minimum wage and overtime regulations. On the final rule’s
In January 2024, the Department of Labor (DOL) released a final rule restoring Obama-era standards used to determine when a worker should be classified as an independent contractor or an employee who is guaranteed minimum wage, overtime and other protections under the Fair Labor Standards