On August 29, 2017, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) halted the new EEO-1 pay disclosure requirements required by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), pending OMB review. The Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) gives the OMB’s Director the right to determine whether collections of information (like the EEO-1) meet […]
Labor & Employment Law Update
Another New Form I-9?
Yes, you heard correctly! Just when employers were getting used to the January 2017 version, the USCIS released another revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. For now, employers may use this revised version or continue using Form I-9 with a revision date of November 14, 2016 through September […]
The Eighth Circuit Refuses to Enforce “Unreasonable” Noncompete Agreement Against Independent Contractor Where Customer Relationships Spanned Career Beyond Relationship with Ag Spectrum and Independent Contractor Was Not Unjustly Enriched
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently held that an Iowa agricultural products company could not enforce a noncompete agreement against one of its independent contractors as it was unreasonable. Ag Spectrum Co. v. Elder, __ F.3d__, 2017 WL 3271303, at *1 (8th Cir. Aug. 2, 2017). Vaughn Elder […]
Department of Labor Update
A lot has happened (and in some cases, not happened) this summer related to the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, so let’s get caught up! DOL Overtime Regulations Update: What We Know and What We Don’t Since November, we’ve been waiting for final resolution regarding the DOL’s revised […]
Federal Contractor Privacy Training Now Required
On December 20, 2017, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), issued a Final Rule that requires federal contractors to follow new privacy training procedures with regard to handling and protecting “personally identifiable information” or “PII.” PII refers to any […]