Updates
The federal One Big Beautiful Bill Act of 2025 introduced a new income tax deduction for employees who earn FLSA-qualified overtime pay. The key feature is that employees may deduct the “premium portion” of their FLSA overtime compensation from their federal taxable income—but not from FICA (Social Security or Medicare) taxes.This provision is designed to [...]
During its last veto session of 2025, the Illinois legislature passed two additional bills amending the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (“IPWA”). First, the Illinois legislature delayed the effective start date of the requirement that employers pay apprentice fringe benefit rates at the same rate as journeyworker fringe benefit rates for projects covered by the [...]
There are two recent changes to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (“IPWA”) that will significantly impact contractors performing work on IPWA-covered projects. Apprentice Fringe Benefits Must Match Journeyman Fringe Benefit Rates (Effective June 30, 2025) Effective June 30, 2025, all apprentices on Illinois prevailing wage projects must receive fringe benefits at the full journeyman [...]
DATE: September 12, 2025 By: Andy Martone The summer of 2025 saw a number of significant changes made to the Illinois Prevailing Wage Act (“IPWA”) that will affect not only projects covered by the IPWA, but also federal projects that were previously subject only to Davis-Bacon. Under its prior language, the IPWA [...]
On July 29, 2025, the U.S. Attorney General issued comprehensive guidance clarifying that Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ("DEI") programs must comply with federal antidiscrimination laws and that DEI programs are not exempt from Title VI, Title VII, Title IX, and other civil rights laws that prohibit discrimination based on race, sex, color, national origin, or [...]
In a significant decision that will impact unionized workers across Michigan, on July 17, 2025 the Michigan Court of Claims ruled that the Michigan Earned Sick Time Act (“ESTA”) applies to employees covered by collective bargaining agreements (“CBAs”) that are silent on the issue of sick pay. The court rejected arguments from the Michigan Chapter [...]
On Wednesday, Missouri lawmakers delivered a significant blow to the state's recently enacted paid sick leave requirement by approving legislation that would repeal the sick leave provisions of Proposition A, which mandates that employers provide workers with one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. The repeal bill now sits on [...]
The Missouri Supreme Court has denied constitutional challenges to Proposition A establishing the Missouri Paid Sick Time Law. Approved by voters on November 5, 2024, Missouri's Proposition A requires most private-sector employers to accrue one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked by covered employees starting May 1, 2025. The law [...]