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2 days ago · Key Takeaways What Happened? On April 23, 2024, on a party line 3–2 vote, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) voted to issue a final rule imposing a national ban on all employers from using non-compete clauses in contracts with all workers at any level, except for existing agreements with senior executives (defined as those with policy-making authority who earn more than ~$151k annually) and ...
2 days ago · On April 23, 2024, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), in a 3-2 vote, issued a final rule that bans noncompete clauses between workers and employers as “unfair method[s] of competition” under Section 5 of the FTC Act, subject to only a few exceptions. This highly anticipated final rule follows on the FTC’s substantially similar proposed ...
3 days ago · The effective date of the final rule is 120 days after publication in the Federal Register.After the effective date, non-compete agreements with all workers are banned nationwide.For non-compete agreements existing prior to the effective date, those with “senior executives” may remain in force, while those with all other workers are not enforceable after the effective date.There is a sale ...
3 days ago · A cornerstone of that promise is the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) requirement that when most workers work more than 40 hours in a week, they get paid more. The Department of Labor ’s new overtime regulation is restoring and extending this promise for millions more lower-paid salaried workers in the U.S.
10 hours ago · The rule, finalized last week by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, extends the 2022 Pregnant Workers Fairness Act’s definition of workplace accommodation to include abortion.
2 days ago · These days, her preferred definition comes from a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation report that she helped write: "Health equity means that everyone has a fair and just opportunity to be as healthy as possible. This requires removing obstacles to health such as poverty, discrimination, and their consequences, including powerlessness and lack of ...
2 days ago · As the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act's (TCJA's) provisions are set to expire at the end of 2025, the tax landscape in the United States is on the cusp of significant change. This pivotal moment could have ...
