Alexander Acosta, a former member of the U.S. Department of Justice and the NLRB during the George W. Bush administration, was confirmed April 27 to serve as President Donald Trump’s Secretary of Labor. The U.S. Senate approved Acosta, the dean of Florida International University Law School, to lead the U.S. Department Of Labor by a [...]
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, in a surprise ruling, found that Phoenix airport taxicab drivers are properly classified as independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Applying the six-factor FLSA economic reality test, the court found that the cab drivers were not economically dependent on AAA Cab Services, which has [...]
Your company’s contingent workforce is both a business necessity and a potential liability risk, with no relief in sight. Three months into the Trump Administration, the U.S. Department of Labor has not changed its guidance that “most workers are employees under the FLSA’s broad definitions” or withdrawn from its cooperative enforcement agreements with the IRS [...]
This webinar was hosted on April 25, 2017 and addressed employer concerns about whether the Trump administration will bring a new enforcement approach to independent contracting or whether the new "business friendly" administration might loosen its grip on the on-demand economy, and the states and their enforcement activities. The webinar addresses key topics and [...]
NEW YORK, N.Y., April 12, 2017 – ComplianceHR (www.compliancehr.com), a provider of intelligent web-based employment compliance solutions, is pleased to announce the addition of leave of absence and new pay practice applications to its Navigator Suite of award-winning solutions. The Navigator Suite was selected by Human Resource Executive® as one of the Top 10 HR [...]
