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5th Cir. invalidates DOL “tip credit” rule
The Fifth Circuit has invalidated the Biden administration’s controversial “tip credit” final rule, holding that the rule is “contrary to the FLSA’s text” and “arbitrary and capricious.” The rule had been criticized for placing unworkable and burdensome restrictions on the amount and types of sidework tipped employees could perform.
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Permanent Injunction entered enjoining Stop Woke Act
A federal district court has permanently enjoined implementation of the employment provision of the Stop Woke Act because it “violates freespeech rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S.Constitution.”
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Federal Court upholds FTC’s non-compete ban
Federal court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reasons: “When taken in the context of the goal of the Act and the FTC’s purpose, the Court finds it clear that the FTC is empowered to make both procedural and substantive rules as is necessary to prevent unfair methods of competition.”
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11th Cir.: Florida’s “Stop W.O.K.E. Act” Violates 1st Amendment.
On March 4, 2024, the Eleventh Circuit held that the provisions of the Florida’s “Stop W.O.K.E. Act” that applied to employers are unconstitutional: “By limiting its restrictions to a list of ideas designated as offensive, the Act targets speech based on its content. And by barring only speech that endorses…
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