ASAToday for July 17th, 2025

This Week In Congress The House and Senate remain out of session until after Labor Day, but members of Congress are already negotiating their FY25 budget priorities and have been for the last few weeks prior to the August recess. The House Freedom Caucus issued a statement calling on Republican leadership to either pass all…

Update on U.S. Department of Labor (DOL)’s Overtime Rule As we previously alerted you, as of July 1, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) instituted a significant change affecting the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) overtime rules. The new overtime rule increases the minimum salary threshold for employees to qualify for the white-collar exemption…

Update on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)’s Non-Compete Rule In April, we alerted you that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued a new rule which essentially bans non-compete limitations for workers in the United States.  The rule banning non-competes is scheduled to go into effect on September 4, 2024. Although practitioners have been anticipating a…

OSHA’s Proposed Standard for Heat Injury and Illness Prevention While most of the country has been under a record-breaking heat wave this summer, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has continued to advance its proposed standard for heat injury and illness prevention – giving employers yet another reason to sweat. The agency, which has…