The enforceability of employee restrictions on competition has traditionally been up the states, with some, like California, largely banning such agreements, while others, like Texas, allowing them with reasonable limitations. On Tuesday, October 25, the White House took the unprecedented…
Monthly Archives: October 2016
White House Pushes for Ban on Non-Competes
Tagged with: employment agreements, human resources, non-competes
Posted in Federal Government, Labor & Employment
Posted in Federal Government, Labor & Employment
Anti-Trust Laws Can Impact HR Departments
You can add anti-trust laws to the long list of legal risks that must now be managed by corporate HR departments. According to a recent guidance document prepared by the Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice, the following…
Tagged with: employment agreements, human resources
Posted in Federal Government, Labor & Employment, Wage and Hour
Posted in Federal Government, Labor & Employment, Wage and Hour
Update on Legal Challenges to DOL Regulations
This year, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced new regulations that would double the minimum threshold for a salaried employee exempt from overtime from $455 per week to $913 per week (or $47,476). The regulations also tied the salary threshold to inflation…
Tagged with: Department of Labor, DOL, exempt, human resources, minimum threshold exempt employee, non-exempt, salary exemption
Posted in Federal Government, Labor & Employment, Wage and Hour
Posted in Federal Government, Labor & Employment, Wage and Hour
