Landlords Beware: MN Landlord Tenant Law Update
Following this past legislative session, numerous and significant changes will take place in Minnesota landlord-tenant law, most of which become effective on January 1, 2024. These updates include...
View ArticleU.S. DOL Announces Its Final Rule on Employee / Independent Contractor Status
On January 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor announced its final rule addressing contractor versus independent contractor status under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Currently, the...
View ArticleE-Alert: NLRB Development
The purpose of this E-Alert is to inform firm clients about some important developments under federal labor law and the National Labor Relations Board’s (“Board”) recent enforcement activities. In...
View ArticleNLRB’s Joint Employment Rule Vacated by Federal Court in Texas
On March 8, 2024, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated a new rule promulgated by the National Labor Relations Board on joint employment status (“New Rule”). This same...
View ArticleChanges to Salary Basis Thresholds May Be Coming Soon
Back in September (2023), the U.S. Department of Labor published a rule that markedly changed the salary thresholds for some of the key white collar exemptions, including, for example, the executive,...
View ArticleLet’s Go For A Walk: OSHA Revises Its Worker Walkaround Rule For Inspections
On April 1, 2024, OSHA published its final rule clarifying that employees may designate non-employee third parties as their representative during an OSHA inspection. This final rule amends 29 CFR §...
View ArticleEEOC Publishes Final Regulations Implementing Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
On April 19, 2024, the EEOC published the final regulations implementing the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”), which will be codified in 29 CFR 1636 and will go into effect as of June 18, 2024....
View ArticleBreaking: DOL Issues Final Overtime Rules
As we previously reported https://www.felhaber.com/changes-to-salary-basis-thresholds-may-be-coming-soon/, the U.S. Department of Labor previously published a proposed rule which would significantly...
View ArticleFederal Trade Commission Issues Final Rule Banning Noncompetes
On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) issued a final rule effectively banning all existing noncompete agreements and prohibiting new noncompetes, concluding that noncompetes are an...
View ArticleImmediate Legal Action – 17 States Commence Lawsuit Seeking to Enjoin...
On April 25, 2024, Attorneys General from 17 states commenced a lawsuit in federal court against the EEOC seeking to enjoin the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act’s (“PWFA”) final regulations published on...
View Article2024 Amendments to the Minnesota ESST Statute
In the closing minutes of the 2024 legislative session, the Minnesota Legislature passed a 2,800 page bill that included several significant changes to the Minnesota’s Earned Sick and Safe Time (ESST)...
View ArticleMinnesota 2024 Legislative Update
The 2024 Minnesota legislative session is in the books. As we have previously reported, last year’s 2023 legislative session was historical in the number of employment-related laws that were passed....
View ArticleMinnesota Federal District Court Rules That the MHRA Does Not Apply to...
In Walton v. Medtronic USA, Inc., a federal district court in Minnesota recently found that the Minnesota Human Rights Act (“MHRA”) did not apply to an employee who did not live in Minnesota and...
View ArticleIt Was Wishful Thinking On Our Part…
As we told you last month, effective January 1, 2025, more generous paid time off programs are impacted by amendments to the Minnesota ESST statute. Under the prior version of ESST, employers that had...
View ArticleTexas Federal Court Enjoins Enforcement of FTC Non-Compete Ban But Declines...
On July 3, 2024, Judge Ada Brown of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas temporarily blocked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) from enforcing its recent rule banning virtually...
View ArticlePennsylvania Court Declines to Enjoin FTC’s Non-Compete Ban: What Employers...
As we have previously reported, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a Final Rule which, on its anticipated effective date of September 4, 2024, will invalidate nearly all preexisting...
View ArticleTexas Federal Court Blocks FTC Non-Compete Ban Nationwide
The FTC’s proposed nationwide ban against non-compete agreements was struck down by a federal judge in the Northern District of Texas on August 20, 2024, and the Non-Compete Rule will no longer go into...
View ArticleThe NLRB’s Expanding Scrutiny of Non-Solicitation Agreements
The landscape surrounding non-solicitation agreements is undergoing significant transformation, driven in large part by recent actions and interpretations from the National Labor Relations Board...
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