Archive for April 2024

This Week in Congress Congress returned this week after a brief recess with the House limiting their legislative activity to allow members to attend the late Rep. Payne (D-NJ)’s funeral on Thursday.  Prior to adjournment, the House voted on legislation including Rep. Lawler (R-NY)’s Antisemitism Awareness Act of 2023, which would instruct the Department of…

ASA Supports Repealing the Corporate Transparency Act ASA, along with 98 organizations, sent a letter to Sen. Tuberville (R-AL) and Davidson (R-OH) in strong support of their legislation to repeal the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) entitled the Repealing Big Brother Overreach Act. Per their letter, “the CTA was designed to help law enforcement prevent money…

Changed Overtime Rule for Salaried Employees The U.S. Department of Labor announced on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, the release of a final rule raising the minimum annual salary threshold for overtime pay eligibility.  This primarily applies to executive, administrative, and professional employees, commonly referred to as the “White Collar Overtime Exemptions.” The Fair Labor Standards…

FTC Announces Rule Banning Non-Competes On Tuesday, April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 along party lines to approve its new rule on non-competes. The new rule, which will take effect in 120 days, essentially bans non-competes for all workers, finding them “an unfair method of competition – and therefore a violation…

EEOC’s Rule on Implementation of the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA) On Friday, April 19, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published its final rule and related interpretive guidance to implement the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (PWFA), which President Biden signed into law on December 29, 2022.  The PWFA amended Title VII of the…

This Week in Congress Congress is in recess this week and will reconvene on April 29th.  Prior to their recess and in an era of tribal politics and congressional dysfunction, we witnessed a rare triumph of consequential bipartisanship this past weekend when the House conducted four votes and passed a $95 billion supplemental bill that…

Overtime Final Rule Cleared OIRA On April 11, the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) concluded its review of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) final overtime pay rule. The rule is expected to increase the minimum salary threshold for the executive, administrative, and professional employee exemptions to overtime pay requirements under the…

ASA Subcontractor Legal Defense Fund Update April 2024 – The ASA Subcontractor Legal Defense Fund has been very active recently, as cases roll back into courts across the country following a Covid lull that slowed the pace. Today we are highlighting five of the most recent cases in four different states supported by the Fund on…

FTC Votes to Ban Non-Compete Agreements The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 to ban non-compete agreements that prevent tens of millions of employees from working for competitors or starting a competing business after they leave a job. From fast food workers to CEOs, the FTC estimates 18 percent of the U.S. workforce is covered…

Warehouse Worker Protection Act to Be Introduced Soon Members of the House and Senate are expected to introduce the Warehouse Worker Protection Act in the next couple of weeks, which would amend various labor and employment laws. The bill includes changes to the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) to establish a new unfair labor practice…