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USDOL Issues Long-Awaited Update to Overtime Rules: Salary Threshold for Exempt Status Increased

Today, September 24, 2019, the United States Department of Labor (USDOL) published its long-awaited Final Rule expanding overtime eligibility. Under the Final Rule, which will become effective on January 1, 2020, employers may have to pay overtime to employees who never previously ...

EPA Awards Over $6 Million to PFAS Research

Last week, the Environmental Protection Agency announced approximately $6 million has been awarded, as part of the EPA’s Science to Achieve Results Program, to eight organizations for research into the environmental impacts of per- and poly- fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The ...

EPA Redefines Waters of the U.S. — Again — in Bid to Promote Regulatory Consistency

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking the next steps toward repealing the 2015 Obama Administration-era rule defining Waters of the United States in order to achieve its stated goal of increased regulatory certainty. The changes are expected to affect anyone who is ...

New Jersey Moves to Expand Online Breach Notification Requirements

As the result of recent legislation, New Jersey residents now have additional rights to privacy and protection when it comes to their online accounts. Effective September 1, companies must disclose data breaches that involve usernames, email addresses and/or other account holder ...

EPA Proposes Revisions to Coal Combustion Residual Rule; Public Comments Accepted Until Mid-October

Last month, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took further action that will impact electric utilities and other parties that handle Coal Combustion Residual (CCR), i.e., fly ash, bottom ash, boiler slag, and flue gas desulfurization materials resulting when coal is ...

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