11/18/2025 5:57:53 PM 2026 Internal Revenue Service Limits Annual Cost of Living Adjustments By Robert Mashburn At long last the government shut-down of 2025 ends as President Trump Signs legislation extending funding for most governmental agencies....
7/29/2025 2:57:33 PM Louisiana Modifies Employer’s Deadline and Method to File Separation Notices By Tommy McGoey Ellie George Under Louisiana’s newly amended unemployment compensation law, effective August 1, 2025, employers now have ten days after an employee’s...
1/21/2025 3:14:17 PM Employers Win: Lower Burden of Proof Required to Prove FLSA Exempt Status By Tommy McGoey Ellie George In E.M.D. Sales, Inc. v. Cabrera, the Supreme Court unanimously held that a preponderance of the evidence standard applies when an...
12/10/2024 4:03:24 PM NLRB Rules that Compelled Attendance at Meetings Regarding Union Organizing and Statements Regarding the Impact of Unionization May Violate the Law By Ellie George Tommy McGoey The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has been busy recently, reversing 80-year-old precedent concerning captive audience meetings...
12/6/2024 9:29:25 PM 2025 Internal Revenue Service Limits Annual Cost of Living Adjustments By Robert Mashburn The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced the annual cost-of-living adjustments to the dollar limits applicable to certain...
8/21/2024 7:49:59 PM FTC Noncompete Ban Killed Before Taking Effect By Tommy McGoey Ellie George The FTC’s ban on noncompete agreements has been struck down for all employers nationwide just two weeks before it was to take effect. The...
7/1/2024 11:36:41 PM SCOTUS Dials Back Chevron Deference in Loper Bright Opinion By Emily von Qualen Clare Bienvenu Greg Johnson Louis Buatt +1 more... Show less On Friday, June 28, 2024, the United States Supreme Court overturned the Chevron doctrine in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo, 603...
5/22/2024 5:39:43 PM Supreme Court Resolves Circuit Split: Federal Arbitration Act Mandates a Stay of Court Proceedings, Not Dismissal By Zachary Berryman Kelly Becker Tommy McGoey In a recent decision, the United States Supreme Court held that Section 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act requires a court to stay a...
5/22/2024 5:36:34 PM Supreme Court Resolves Circuit Split: Federal Arbitration Act Mandates a Stay of Court Proceedings, Not Dismissal By Zachary Berryman Kelly Becker Tommy McGoey In a recent decision, the United States Supreme Court held that Section 3 of the Federal Arbitration Act requires a court to stay a...
5/9/2024 1:49:13 PM Greater Protections for Pregnant Workers Borne Out of the EEOC’s Final PWFA Rule By Ellie George Tommy McGoey The EEOC recently issued its final regulations interpreting the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (the “PWFA”). The final rule, which becomes...
4/25/2024 9:22:22 PM Double Whammy for Employers: DOL Increases Salary Requirements for FLSA Overtime Exemptions By Tommy McGoey Ellie George Lost in the hoopla over the FTC’s noncompete ban announced on the same day, April 23, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”)...
4/24/2024 3:57:18 PM FTC Noncompete Ban Already Challenged, Unlikely to Ever Take Effect By Tommy McGoey Ellie George On April 23, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted 3-2 to ban noncompete agreements, which prevent employees from working for...