by Lance Williams | Mar 15, 2019 | Labor & Employment Law Newsletters
Newsletters DOL Proposed Rulemaking on Overtime Exemption Salary Thresholds On March 7, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) released a proposed rule updating the overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (the “FLSA”). Unless exempt, employees...
by Lance Williams | Jan 3, 2018 | Education Law Newsletters
Newsletters 2018 INCREASE IN SCHOOL DISTRICT BID LIMITS On December 23, 2017, Pennsylvania’s Department of Labor and Industry announced an increase for 2018 to the base amounts used by public school districts to determine whether competitive bidding and/or multiple...
by Lance Williams | Dec 6, 2017 | Education Law Newsletters
Newsletters Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules School Employees’ Home Addresses Off-Limits under the Right-to-Know Law We are finally at the “end of the road” regarding litigation that commenced back in 2009 concerning whether public school employees’ home addresses...
by Lance Williams | Dec 6, 2017 | Labor & Employment Law Newsletters
Newsletters Preliminary Injunction Places Temporary Hold on New Overtime Rules On November 22, 2016, Federal District Court Judge Amos Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas, who was appointed by President Obama, issued a major defeat (at least for now) to the Obama...
by Lance Williams | Dec 6, 2017 | Education Law Newsletters
Newsletters Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Bans Tax Assessment Appeals Targeting Commercial Properties, but Provides Roadmap on How School Districts May Lawfully Initiate Appeals On July 5, 2017, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania struck down as unconstitutional a...