Evolving FLSA, ACA, DOL and NLRB Requirements: Unraveling the Overlapping Regulatory Regimes

Description

Major changes to workplace laws have recently woven together to create complications that will challenge employers’ abilities to meet compliance and operational objectives. The ACA’s coverage requirements and potential penalties, upcoming revisions to the FLSA’s white-collar exemptions, the DOL’s position that most independent contractors should be treated as employees, and the NLRB’s announcement of a new standard for establishing joint-employer status have combined to create overlapping legal challenges for companies.

These changes make clear that employers must provide increased benefits and pay to workers, actions that will strain employers’ ability to comply with federal law without making disruptive changes to the way they do business. Failure to properly determine and document which workers are employees can expose employers to wage claims and penalties for failing to offer mandated health coverage. Employment counsel must be prepared to offer companies needed clarity about the law, practical advice for complying with it, and suggestions for meeting the business objectives that these changes endanger.

Listen as our distinguished panel discusses the relationship of these laws, their potential impact on employers, and how employment counsel can help companies proactively manage the concerns they raise. The panel will outline best practices in preparing companies for compliance with these changing workplace laws.