By John E. Thompson In thinking-through and implementing their recovery plans in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, employers will want to review our August post … Read more
Employment Law Basics: How to Handle the Fair Labor Standards Act
Employment laws can be confusing and downright scary. They don’t have to be. As a public service, from now until my special Halloween webinar Answers to … Read more
Labor Department Cranking Up Compliance Pressure on “Joint-Employers”
By John E. Thompson Readers will recall that, in 2010, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that it would pay particular attention to multi-party … Read more
Beware Draconian Settlements With the U.S. Department of Labor
By John E. Thompson The scope of potential punishments in federal Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuits brought by the U.S. Department of Labor apparently is … Read more
Independent Contractor Challenges Aren’t Going Away Anytime Soon
By Edward N. Boehm Jr. For at least three years now, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the Internal Revenue Service (along with a host of analogous … Read more
Some FLSA and HR Management Questions In Wake Of Hurricane Isaac
By John E. Thompson Recurring wage-hour issues tend to arise during the recovery from a natural disaster. We posted the following item last year in … Read more
Can an Online Checklist Really Help Decide Who Is an Exempt Employee?
By John E. Thompson Various websites now provide questionnaires, checklists, programs, decision-trees, and so on to guide an employer in trying to decide … Read more
Appeals Court Enforces Private FLSA Settlement
By John E. Thompson The longstanding general view has been that wage claims under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act may be reliably settled only: Under … Read more
Former Unpaid Intern’s Lawsuit Gets Approval For Class Action Status
By John E. Thompson As we reported earlier, a former Harper’s Bazaar unpaid intern is pursuing a lawsuit against publisher the Hearst Corporation in … Read more
Court Rejects Enforcement of FLSA Breast Milk Break Requirement
By John E. Thompson An Iowa federal court has dismissed a worker’s claim which alleged that her employer failed to comply with the federal Fair Labor … Read more