New Year, New 2020 Laws for Employers
Anyone having trouble remembering to write “2020”? Even though you know it’s coming, that’s one New Year’s change that never ceases to catch people by surprise. Just as you can count on having to scribble through the errant “2019” for the next few weeks, employers can count on a flurry of new employment laws and regulations to trip them up in this year’s first few weeks.
Let’s ring in the new calendar year with a couple of new laws employers should expect to encounter in early 2020:
Lincoln Derr Attorneys Selected to Legal Elite List 2020
Lincoln Derr is proud to announce that Gwendolyn W. Lewis and Kathleen (“Kathi”) Lucchesi have been named as honorees of “Business North Carolina’s Legal Elite” by Business North Carolina Magazine. Ms. Lewis was listed as a 2020 Young Gun and Ms....
A Holiday Message For Employers
TIPS TO KEEP EMPLOYERS OFF OF THE “NAUGHTY” LIST
It’s an oldie, but a goodie – the lawyer Christmas card invoking dry legal-speak without overpromising – and just more support for the notion that lawyers truly are the fun police. While I’m not here to set
North Carolina Jury Sides With Employer In Race Discrimination Trial
Labor and Employment attorney Kathleen (Kathi) Lucchesi successfully defended Concord, North Carolina based O.B. Builders, Inc. against charges of race discrimination in a jury trial heard in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina.The...
Department of Labor Updated Overtime Rule
It looks like it could be a very Happy New Year for nearly 1.5 million workers come January 1, 2020. On September 25, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) released its final overtime rule which calls for a significant – though not as significant as originally proposed under the Obama administration – increase to the minimum salary threshold for overtime eligibility.