Yesterday, the Department of Labor issued its long-awaited revisions to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). It has been almost a year since the department issued a proposed rule, and in the roughly 90 days they took comments, over 270,000 comments were received.
SCOTUS Remands Contraception Case
Today, the U.S. Supreme court, in a Per Curiam decision remanded the contraception case Zubik v. Burwell, back to the various courts of appeals for resolution.
New Housing Allowance Challenge
The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), after losing at the 7th circuit court of appeals previously, has returned filing a new case against the housing allowance and parsonage exemption. IN the prior case the foundation won at the district level, but the 7th court of appeals tossed out the case on standing grounds. In that […]