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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Amicus Brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in Support of Northwestern in Retirement Plan Case
| 10/28/2021 | ACE's brief explains that retirement system for higher education has always looked different than the system for corporate America and that flexibility is needed to administer plans based upon the particular needs and preferences of participants. |
Topic(s): Labor and Employment; Law and Courts
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Type: Amicus Brief
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Amicus Brief: NCAA v. Alston
| 2/8/2021 | ACE and 10 other associations submitted this amicus brief to the Supreme Court in support of the NCAA and 11 athletics conferences in NCAA v. Alston, a case that could alter the current model of intercollegiate athletics.
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Topic(s): Athletics; Labor and Employment; Law and Courts
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Type: Amicus Brief
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Letter to DHS on OPT Work Authorization Application Delays
| 1/26/2021 | Recommendations to the Department of Homeland Security on how the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services can best extend flexibility to Optional Practical Training (OPT) applicants during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
Topic(s): Immigration and International Students; Labor and Employment
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Type: Letters and Comments
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Request to the Department of Labor to Withdraw the RFI on Race and Sex Stereotyping
| 12/1/2020 | Letter to the Department of Labor asking for the Request for Information regarding the Trump administration's Executive Order on “Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping” be withdrawn. |
Topic(s): Labor and Employment
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Type: Letters and Comments
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