Talking Points: Section 127 Employer-Provided Education Assistance
| 2/25/2025 | Section 127 strengthens workforce competitiveness by supporting continuous education and skill development for employees. |
Topic(s): Tax Reform; Taxation and Finance; Workforce Development
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Type: Issue Brief
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Amicus Brief to the U.S. Supreme Court: Cunningham v. Cornell
| 1/3/2025 | Amicus brief to the U.S. Supreme Court from ACE and 13 other associations in support of Cornell University in a case that deals with the issue of 403(b) retirement plans. |
Topic(s): Law and Courts; Labor and Employment
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Type: Amicus Brief
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The College Student Athletics Policy Landscape in 2024
| 7/16/2024 | This issue brief explores the legal landscape surrounding college athletics, examining both legislation and litigation impacting athletic departments and student-athletes.
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Topic(s): Athletics; Labor and Employment; Law and Courts
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Type: Issue Brief
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U.S. Department of Labor Issues FLSA’s New Overtime Rule
| 5/31/2024 | On April 26, 2024, the Department of Labor published its final rule revising the "white-collar" overtime pay exemptions. This brief summarizes the new rule, its impact on campuses, compliance guidance, and answers key questions for campus leaders. |
Topic(s): Labor and Employment
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Type: Issue Brief
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Federal Overtime Rule: Impact on Colleges and Universities
| 4/24/2024 | This summary discusses the impact on colleges and universities of the Department of Labor’s final rule to update the salary level to qualify for the so-called “white collar” exemptions. |
Topic(s): Labor and Employment
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Type: Bill Summary
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Statement to House Subcommittees on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions and Higher Education and Workforce Development on the NLRB's Decision.
| 3/12/2024 | On behalf of five other higher education associations, ACE submitted a statement to the House Subcommittees on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions and Higher Education and Workforce Development on the National Labor Relations Board’s effort to recast collegiate student-athletes as employees. |
Topic(s): Labor and Employment; Athletics
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Type: Statement
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Comments on the Department of Labor's Plan to Expand Foreign Worker Certification to STEM Jobs
| 2/20/2024 | On behalf of 18 other higher education organizations, ACE sent comments to DOL in support of expanding the labor certification for permanent employment of foreign workers to include STEM occupations. |
Topic(s): Regulation; STEM; Labor and Employment; Immigration and International Students; Science and Technology
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Summary: A Stronger Workforce for America Act
| 12/20/2023 | Summary of the A Stronger Workforce for America Act (H.R. 6655), a bill to amend and reauthorize the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014. |
Topic(s): Workforce Development; Labor and Employment
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Type: Bill Summary
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Comments to the Department of Labor on Proposed Changes to Overtime Regulations
| 11/7/2023 | Along with 48 other higher education organizations, CUPA-HR and ACE wrote to the Department of Labor with concerns about how proposed changes to overtime eligibility would impact colleges and universities. |
Topic(s): Labor and Employment; Regulation
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Request for Extension of Comment Period for Proposed Overtime Rule
| 10/12/2023 | Letter to the Department of Labor requesting a 60-day extension to the comment period on the proposed rule to update the salary level to qualify for the so-called “white collar” exemptions under the Fair Labor Standard Act’s overtime pay requirements.
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Topic(s): Regulation; Labor and Employment
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Type: Letters and Comments
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