The Compliance Expert's June 2024 Newsletter

Upcoming Webinars:

Labor Law for Employers: What Every Business Needs to Know

June 26, 2024? ?|? ?12:00-1:00 p.m. CT

During this 60-minute webinar, attendees will learn about recent labor law developments that every employment lawyer (or HR professional, etc.) needs to know, including:

• New union organizing rules
• Expansion of protected concerted activity
• Stricter scrutiny of employee handbooks
• Scope of confidentiality and nondisparagement agreements
• The attack on noncompetes

[Register for Labor Law for Employers]

Navigating Fair Workweek Laws Across the United States

July 11, 2024? ? |? ?12:00-1:30 p.m. CT

Coast-to-coast, predictable scheduling laws are being implemented. Jurisdictions that have passed these “Fair Workweek” laws often have aggressive administrative agencies enforcing them. Agencies have already recorded eight-figure settlements.?

During this 90-minute event, attendees will receive an overview of each key jurisdiction's rules and helpful strategies and techniques for achieving compliance.

[Register for Navigating Fair Workweek Laws]

Must-Read Blog Posts & Webinar Recordings

June 2024 Legal Updates

• Nearly half of the states in the U.S. have made legal updates this month in addition to the federal updates. Learn what updates you need to make to remain complaint this summer in the June Legal Updates blog post.

Recording - The DOL's Final Overtime Rule: What Employers Need to Know

• The DOL's final overtime rule goes into effect in just a couple of weeks on July 1st, 2024. This 30-minute webinar shares key takeaways that employers need to know in order to properly prepare for changes like the white-collar salary threshold and highly compensated employee threshold.

Overtime Myth: Overtime Rules Don’t Apply to ICs

• We saved this myth for last because it is a tricky one. Why? Because it is technically correct, but with one significant caveat... Learn what the caveat is by reading the post.

Overtime Myth: Comp Time In Lieu of Overtime Pay

• Compensatory time off (often called “comp time,” by HR professionals) is paid time off that is offered instead of cash payment for working overtime hours. An employer cannot avoid the need to pay overtime by giving a worker time off comparable to the overtime they worked.

Recent Littler Publications

New Jersey Court Clarifies Application of 2019 Wage and Hour Law Amendments

• The New Jersey Supreme Court recently clarified that the 2019 amendments to state’s wage and hours laws are to be applied prospectively only.

In Advance of July 1 Compliance Deadlines, Chicago Agency Posts Updated Guidance and Notices for the City’s Minimum Wages, Paid Leave, Fair Workweek Thresholds, and Required Notices

• A Chicago agency recently posted updates to its website regarding minimum wage obligations, paid leave and paid sick and safe leave, new fair work week thresholds, and updated required labor notices.

OFCCP Identifies 500 Compliance Evaluations for Supply & Service Contractors

• On June 7, 2024, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) published its FY 2024 Corporate Scheduling Announcement List (CSAL) for Supply and Service Contractors.

More Changes to Minnesota’s Employment Laws are Imminent

• In recent years, Minnesota has enacted sweeping legislation impacting Minnesota employers at a break-neck pace. As the most recent legislative session came to a close, another set of new and supplemental laws was passed and quickly signed by Gov. Walz.

Virginia’s 2024 Legislative Session Sees Few Employment Bills Passed and Record Vetoes

• The 2024 session of the Virginia General Assembly has come to a close, and as with its 2023 session, which saw relatively little action with regard to employment legislation, there were relatively few employment-related bills enacted in 2024.

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