DOL’s New Outreach Initiative and Guidance on Application of the FLSA to Pandemic Scenarios, Including the Compensability of COVID-19 Screening Activities
By EsqSocial Corporation 28/04/21
On April 26, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) posted an update on its blog regarding its new Essential Workers, Essential Protections initiative, which is designed to “ensure that workers know about the wage and hour laws that protect them - and how to contact [the DOL] to get help if they need it.” In addition to linking a number of existing DOL webpages regarding the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Family and Medical Leave Act, the blog post also links to details regarding a series of...
By: Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,