By all accounts, 2023 was an active year for employment law changes. Along with busy federal regulators and state and local legislatures, increased geographic mobility of workers exacerbates the amount of change human resource professionals have to manage.
Are you classifying and paying your workers correctly? The tests have changed in some cases, and new rules have been proposed that could have a significant impact on businesses. This webinar provided an update on the overall status of the law, a general overview of the changes that have taken effect, and tips to make compliance easier.
The DOL and the EEOC have been the regulatory agencies with the most impact on workplace protections for employee discrimination and violations of wage and hour regulations. It is critical that Employers be aware of all the actions and inactions against employees under these regulatory agencies and how they can mitigate all the regulations and maintain compliance. Some of the federal regulations overlap with other regulations and others conflict with state regulations. This training will address the regulations that are in place by the DOL and the EEOC and will also provide Employers with the information needed to manage the trending federal regulations and conflicting state regulations.
Learning Objectives:
Raising the minimum salary threshold: increasing the minimum weekly salary for exempt executive, administrative, and professional employees from $684 to $1,059, impacting millions of workers;
Automatic updates: automatically updating earning thresholds every three years.
DOL’s Proposed Rule on Independent Contractor Classification under the Fair Labor Standards Act
NLRB’s Joint-Employer Standard
EEOC’s Targeted Enforcement Plan for 2024-2028
Higher Highly Compensated Employee (HCE) compensation threshold: increasing the total annual compensation requirement for the highly compensated employee exemption from $107,432 to $143,988; and
EEOC’s Proposed Enforcement Guidance on Harassment
Variety of State Law Changes
During this webinar, attendees discovered:
Revisions to the FLSA that change how independent contractors are classified
Legal challenges to new and proposed laws
Proposed changes that are anticipated to increase the minimum salary requirements for “white collar” exemptions
Compliance tips designed to help you mitigate payroll and classification legal risks
Who Will Benefit:
Business Owners
HR professionals
Office Managers
Employers
Multi-state Employers
Facilities Managers
Workplace Compliance professionals
Managers/Supervisors
About Our Speaker
Gerald L. Maatman, Jr., chair of Duane Morris’ Workplace Class Action group, has nearly four decades’ experience of practicing law and has defended some of the most significant bet-the-company cases ever filed against corporate America. Mr. Maatman has represented companies, executive teams and boards across the country in class action litigation, ranging in size from thousands to hundreds of thousands of claims by employees. Among his accomplishments, he defended and defeated the largest systemic enforcement action ever brought in the history of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the first Attorney General prosecution of a Wall Street company for workplace discrimination and harassment, and the largest wage & hour class and collective actions ever brought in Florida and New York. While he is known to be a fierce litigator, he also helps his clients anticipate large-scale litigations risks before they happen to prevent issues that could turn into litigation.
