On January 29, 2024, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) launched a new outreach initiative aimed toward vulnerable workers and underserved communities. Through the REACH initiative, as it is called, EEOC officials will hold a … Read more
On January 26, 2024, the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of the Solicitor released its enforcement report for fiscal year 2023, which outlines the DOL’s priorities for 2023. These priorities include developing more robust strategies … Read more
Jimmy Starke On January 10, 2024, the Department of Labor issued a final rule providing guidance on how to determine whether a worker is an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards … Read more
On December 19, 2023, the D.C. council passed the Minimum Wage Clarification Amendment Act of 2023, an amendment to the Minimum Wage Revision Act of 1992. The bill requires that employers pay D.C. minimum wage … Read more
On December 19, 2023, the D.C. council passed the Wage Transparency Omnibus Amendment Act of 2023, an amendment to the Wage Transparency Act of 2014. The bill requires private employers to provide prospective employees with … Read more
On November 11, 2023, Correia & Puth Partner Subhashini Bollini presented on a panel titled “From Inclusion to Belonging in the Legal Profession (Elimination of Bias in the Profession)” at the American Bar Association’s Labor … Read more
On November 6, 2023, the D.C. Bar Litigation Community and the Federal Bar Association D.C. Chapter hosted “A Conversation with Judge Ana C. Reyes,” an informal Q&A with one of the District’s newest Federal jurists, … Read more
On October 11, 2023, the D.C. Bar Litigation Community and the Federal Bar Association D.C. Chapter hosted “A Conversation with Chief Judge James E. Boasberg,” an informal Q&A with the new Chief Judge of the … Read more
A Washington Post article published on October 1, 2023 examines 290 complaints of sexual harassment filed by DC employees from December 2017 through June 2023. The complaints were all investigated under a sexual harassment policy … Read more
