03/24/2023
For over a year, the Department of Labor has been teasing the imminent release of new proposed rules raising the white-collar salary threshold that makes exempt employees eligible for overtime pay. Originally scheduled to drop in spring 2022, the update is now penciled in for May.
03/20/2023
In January, the FTC announced a sweeping proposed regulation that would invalidate all existing noncompete agreements and free employees currently bound by them. The proposed rule is still in the comment phase and likely will face a legal challenge from business groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Now, Congress has entered the fray.