Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Seigfreid Bingham is pleased to announce a new shareholder in the firm, Emily Crane. Emily joined Seigfreid Bingham in 2019 as an associate in the firm’s Corporate Law practice group.
Tuesday, August 27, 2024
By: John Vering FTC Issues Rule Banning Non-Compete Agreements On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted 3-2 to issue a Final Rule (“Rule”) that would have generally banned employers from entering into non-competes with workers and would have required employers to notify workers that their existing non-compete agreements are unenforceable. We published […]
Friday, July 26, 2024
By: John Vering FTC Ban on Non-Compete Agreements On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) voted 3-2 to issue a Final Rule (“Rule”) that would generally ban employers from entering into non-competes with workers and require employers to notify workers that their existing non-compete agreements are unenforceable. We published a client alert explaining the Final […]
Tuesday, June 18, 2024
By: Katie A. Conklin and John A. Vering[1] On April 29, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) published a long-anticipated update to its enforcement guidance on harassment in the workplace. The EEOC’s previous guidance had not been updated since 1999. The updated guidance reflects the legal and social changes of the past two decades […]
Thursday, June 13, 2024
By: John Vering and Cody Weyhofen Overtime Regulations On April 30, 2024, we published a client alert advising you that on April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) released its Final Rule, significantly raising the minimum salary thresholds for certain overtime exemptions (the so-called white collar exemptions [“WCE”] for executive, administrative, and professional […]
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
By: Cody Weyhofen and John Vering On April 23, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) released its Final Rule, significantly raising the minimum salary thresholds for certain overtime exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Importantly, the thresholds outlined in the Final Rule are higher than those initially proposed by the DOL in […]
Friday, April 26, 2024
By: John Vering On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted 3-2 to issue a Final Rule (“Rule”) – Non-Compete Clause Final Rule – that would generally ban employers from entering into non-competes with workers and require employers to notify workers that their existing non-compete agreements are unenforceable. The majority of FTC commissioners […]
Friday, April 19, 2024
By: Cody Weyhofen and John Vering On Monday, April 15, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) released its final rule (the “Final Rule”) interpreting the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act (“PWFA”). The Final Rule, published on April 19, 2024, is expected to take effect sixty (60) days later on June 18, 2024. Many of the […]
Friday, April 19, 2024
By: John Vering The United States Supreme Court has issued a unanimous ruling in Muldrow v. City of St. Louis, 143 S.Ct.2686 (April 17, 2024) 22-193 Muldrow v. St. Louis (04-17-2024), which will make it easier for employees to bring discrimination lawsuits against their employers under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. Title VII […]
Friday, January 19, 2024
By: Shannon Johnson Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor (the “DOL”) announced a new rule, which will go into effect on March 11, 2024, establishing a six-factor analysis that businesses should use in order to properly classify independent contractors vs. employees. To businesses with past experience utilizing contractors, this “new” rule will not appear […]