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Posted by:
Nancy J. Townsend and Kate Trinkle
on January 1, 2020
The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as Amended (Rehab Act) prohibits disability discrimination in programs conducted by federal agencies, in programs receiving federal financial assistance, in federal employment, and in the employment practices of federal contractors. A recent case from the Seventh…
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Posted by:
Amy J. Adolay
on March 7, 2019
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking yesterday with respect to current overtime regulations. The status of the DOL’s overtime regulations has been in limbo since 2016, when a final rule was issued changing the salary requirements for the categories of employees…
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Posted by:
Amy J. Adolay
on July 12, 2017
After months of employers wondering what would happen to the new overtime rule that was to go into effect on December 1, 2016, but was halted through an injunction issued by a federal district court, we have some new insight. But first, some history. The anticipated overtime rule under the Fair…
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Posted by:
Amy J. Adolay
on July 12, 2017
On June 7, 2017, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it was withdrawing an Administrator’s Interpretation (Interpretation) issued just two years earlier, on July 15, 2015, which set forth criteria for determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor under the…
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November 8, 2016
There have been major changes in the legal standard courts must use when evaluating employment discrimination disputes. In August, the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals (which governs federal courts in Indiana) clarified the proper legal standard for analyzing employment discrimination cases at the…
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