DOL Issues Guidance Regarding Compensable Time for Time Spent Traveling - The Department of Labor closed probably one of the most challenging years in the labor and employment law world by issuing an opinion letter regarding travel pay for days where employees’ time is split between working in

As noted in Part 1, during the presidential campaign, candidate Joe Biden called for "Sparking the second great railroad revolution." Biden pledged to "make sure that America has the cleanest, safest, and fastest rail system in the world – for both passengers and freight." Part 2 of this serie

We are now – thankfully – firmly out of 2020 and in the hands of 2021. Although reviewing the past year may not initially seem an appealing prospect, it is nonetheless a worthwhile one....
By: Hogan Lovells

In yet another decision concerning gig economy businesses, the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Third Judicial Department upheld a decision of the Unemployment Insurance Appeal Board (the “Board”), which held that Uber exercised sufficient control over its drivers to qualify as their e