National Employment Law Project News

Judge Throws Out Obama Rule Hiking Overtime Pay

A federal judge in Texas on Thursday struck down an Obama administration rule that would have extended mandatory overtime pay to more than 4 million U.S. workers, siding with business groups and 21 states that had challenged it. The decision …

Labor Advocates Question Florida Immigrant Workers’ Comp Arrests

Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater touted the arrests of more than 100 immigrant agriculture workers last July as an effort to crack down on the costly problem of workers’ compensation fraud. But it quickly became apparent the raid on …