The Wage & Hour Landscape: An Evolution of Law, Litigation, and Government Enforcement in a Trump Administration World

Tuesday, March 18, 2025
3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern
2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Central
1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. Mountain
12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Pacific

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About the Program

Not surprisingly, the early months of a new presidential administration can be tumultuous, as government agencies, their representatives, and stakeholders—employers, employees, and their advocates—try to ascertain which of a new president’s campaign trail promises were merely rhetoric and which might become law.

The Trump Administration’s bold strides into a naturally chaotic environment have—in some instances—invigorated an atypically robust debate around the future of employee pay laws, how they will be enforced, and whether the administration’s actions might trigger a ripple effect of litigation seeking a toehold in the uncertainty and in the backlash against the rollback of decades-old worker protections that some view as antiquated and contrary to the capitalist ideals that serve as the foundation for this great American experiment.

Join our panelists for a lively discussion of how all of this might affect the evolution of state and federal wage & hour law, and government enforcement and litigation under it. Hot topics will include:

• The ongoing debate over federal contractor minimum wage requirements,
• The FLSA’s overtime exemptions and the U.S. Department of Labor’s ability to revise them,
• The question of whether overtime wages should be excluded from state or federal taxes, and
• Trends in state and federal court litigation and government enforcement activity. 

There’s a lot to talk about; and we certainly won’t get to it all. But please join our panelists for a primer on the evolving wage & hour landscape, and plan to follow up with specific questions on topics we don’t get to during our panel discussion.

Speakers

Brett C. Bartlett, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Ariel D. Fenster, Associate, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Leon Rodriguez, Partner, Seyfarth Shaw LLP
Honore Hishamunda, Senior L&E Counsel, LG Chem America, Inc.

Learn more about our Wage Hour Class & Collective Actions practice.

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If you have any questions, please contact Donna Tomkiewicz at dtomkiewicz@seyfarth.com and reference this event.

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