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LegalRoundup:Co-Employment,ImmigrationandMore

LEGALANDREGULATORY

Moderator: FionaCoombe,DirectorofLegalandRegulatoryResearch,CCWP,StaffingIndustryAnalysts

Panelists:§ NinaMarkey,Shareholder&Co-Chair,StaffingIndependentContractors&ContingentWorkersPracticeGroup,LittlerMendelson

§ ChristineSeppala,VP&GeneralCounsel,StrategicStaffingSolutions§ MarkZisholtz,HeadofContingentLaborPracticeGroup,Morris,Manning&Martin,LLP

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LegalDevelopments2017

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LegalDevelopments2017§Wage&hourlaws(FLSA)§ Jointorco-employment§ ICmisclassification§ Immigration§ Healthcarereform

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FLSAOvertimeRuleChanges§ FLSAOvertimeFinalRule2016proposedminimumsalarylevelincreasesfor‘whitecollar’exemptions:From$23,660to$47,476i.e.$913perweek.

§ BlockedbynationwideinjunctionNov.2016,DepartmentofLabor (DOL)initiatedanappealscheduledforOct.3,2017.

§ DOLassertsithasauthoritytosetasalarylevelbyrulemakingandhasconsultedonthelevel.

§ Aug.31,JudgeMazzant invalidatedFinalRulestatingDOLauthoritytodetermineexemptionsmustinvolveaconsiderationofanemployee’sduties.

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MisclassificationandJointEmployment§ DOLannounceswithdrawalofformerWage&HourDivisionAdministrator’sInterpretations2015-1(misclassification)and2016-1(jointemployment)

§ DOLtoreinstateOpinionLettersaddressingspecificquestionsonimplementationofFLSA

§ JointinitiativebetweenDOL,IRSand37stateauthoritiestocombatmisclassificationisstillinplace

§ EmployerslegalobligationsunderFLSAareunchanged

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HealthcareReform§ AttemptstorepealcorecomponentsofthePatientProtectionandAffordableCareAct(ACA)havefailedsofar

§ HousepassedH.R.1628AmericanHealthCareAct(AHCA)onMay4,2017

§ SenatepresentedBetterCareReconciliationActof2017July13,2017

§ Bothproposedrepealofindividualandemployermandates,replacingthesewithincentivestomaintaincoverage

§ “Skinnyrepeal”billrejectedbySenateJuly28,2017

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Immigration§ FY2018cap85,000capreachedwithinfourdaysinApril2017

§ Entry-levelcomputerprogrammerwillnolongerqualifyasa“specialtyoccupation”

§ ExecutiveOrder“BuyAmericanandHireAmerican”April18,2017orderedamulti-agencyreviewoftheprogramwithproposalsforreform

§ Fourbipartisanreformbills:proposinganincreasetothesalarythreshold;givingpreferencetoUS-educatedforeignstudents,andstart-upsetc.

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