Ask the Experts: Employment Law Podcast (DOL's Upcoming Expansion of Overtime Protections and More)6/29/2016 Rod Tanner discusses new developments in employment law and the National Labor Relations Act. Topics include the Department of Labor’s (DOL) new overtime rule, which will greatly expand overtime protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), making an estimated 12.5 million American workers newly eligible to receive overtime pay and raising wages by an estimated $12 billion over the next 10 years.
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By Matt Pierce
On Monday, June 27, 2016, Judge Sam Cummings, a Senior District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, issued an order that places a temporary hold on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) new “Persuader Rule.” In an 86-page order, Judge Cummings granted a preliminary injunction requested by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), prohibiting the DOL from implementing its new rule, which would have expanded the information that companies must report to the DOL when they hire consultants to fight against union organizing campaigns. |
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