04/01/2021

On March 31, 2021, President Biden unveiled his $2 trillion infrastructure plan, the American Jobs Plan (AJP), which comes on the heels of the enactment of last month's $1.9 trillion COVID-recovery legislation, the American Rescue Plan.more

03/18/2021

On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which extends tax credits for private employers with 499 or fewer U.S. employees that voluntarily decide to provide emergency paid sick and/or family leave according to the otherwise-expired standards in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act's (FFCRA) Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (EPSLA) and Emergency Family Medical Leave Expansion Act (EFMLEA).more

03/11/2021

On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed into law the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, which includes the Butch Lewis Emergency Pension Plan Relief Act of 2021.more

03/08/2021

In what seems to be a pattern, President Biden has fired another general counsel from an employment watchdog agency who refused to resign.more

03/08/2021

On March 6, 2021, the U.S. Senate passed its version of President Biden's "American Rescue Plan" by a vote of 50-49 (Vice President Kamala Harris was prepared to cast a tie-breaking vote in favor of the bill).more

03/03/2021

Last week, President Biden's comprehensive immigration reform proposal, the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021, was introduced in the House (pdf) and Senate (pdf).more

03/01/2021

Employers have long used noncompete agreements as a way to protect confidential information, guard against losing customers and limit competition.more

02/22/2021

It has been just one month since the inauguration of Joseph Biden as the 46th president of the United States, and he has been moving quickly to change the wage and hour landscape.more

01/28/2021

Since at least 2015, when grassroots efforts began in Seattle and San Francisco, the increase of the minimum wage from $7.25 to $15.00 has been a top priority for labor and employee advocates. In numerous ways, the Biden administration has made likewise clear that increasing the minimum wage to $15 is a top priority of the new administration.more

01/25/2021

President Biden signed a flurry of executive orders on January 20, 2021, his first day in office, a number of which rescinded or revised the prior administration's executive orders and policies with regard to equity in the workplace.more

01/23/2021

Former President Trump's administration made countless policy changes that have transformed the U.S. immigration landscape over the past four years. With President Biden now in office after running a presidential campaign that emphasized the benefits of lawful and employment-based immigration, the new administration has issued a number of executive orders to reverse the Trump administration's positions and eliminate restrictions.more

01/22/2021

On January 21, 2021, President Biden designated Commissioner Charlotte Burrows (D) as the new chair of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).more

01/07/2021

On Jan. 6, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its final rule to clarify independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).more

01/04/2021

Human resource professionals are already running at full speed trying to keep up with the seismic changes brought on by the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic.more