On Thursday, June 7, Kistler Tiffany Benefits held a seminar at its Berwyn office featuring speaker Jason Reisman, Blank Rome LLP Partner, Labor & Employment.  Jason shared numerous insights into the first 18 months under the Trump Administration.   For those of you who missed our seminar, here are some of the highlights:

• Trump running Administration like a business and working to cut costs by reducing staff/services
• Moving away from enforcement to compliance focus
• Opinion letters are back to help clarify how to comply with law
• Several key roles are still waiting to be filled
  • Head of Wage and Hours Division for DOL
  • EEOC – Needs 2 more Commissioners
• DOL Salary Rule – new rule not likely before 1/2019
• EEOC expanding “sex” to include LGBT discrimination?
• New EEO-1 Rule to include salary data on hold indefinitely
• NLRB – All 5 members in place
  • Proposed staff cuts
  • Moving to attack Obama-era decisions
• #MeToo
  • Senate bill to end forced arbitration of sexual harassment Act
  • State proposed bills to ban Non-Disclosure Agreements
• Proposed PA Wage and Hours Law due soon– chance to comment

Thank you to Jason Reisman for sharing his expert knowledge and insights with Kistler Tiffany Benefits and our clients!