Editor’s note: The DOL rule raising the minimum pay threshold to $913 a week to determine who had to be paid overtime was to have taken effect … Read more
DOL Reinstates Valuable Compliance Tool for Employers
On June 27th the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it has reinstated the issuance of Opinion Letters by its Wage & Hour Division and … Read more
DOL Pulls Back Policies on Worker Classification, Joint Employers
The Department of Labor this morning announced it was pulling back from two Obama-era policies regarding the classification of independent contractors and … Read more
House Passes Comp Time Bill
A bill allowing employers to pay workers in comp time rather than cash for overtime hours was passed by the House today. On a largely partisan lines, the … Read more
Congress Weighing Comp Time In Lieu of OT
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, when a non-exempt employee works more than 40 hours in a workweek, that employee gets paid overtime at time-and-a-half … Read more
Contractor Blacklisting Rules Coming to a Permanent End
Less than six months ago, federal contractors were clutching their pearls over the prospect of having to publicly disclose violations under 14 federal … Read more
Supreme Court Agrees to Decide On Employer Class Action Waivers
Picture a nerdier version of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where persuasive legal briefs and sharp oral advocacy are like rear naked chokes and … Read more
With the New Overtime Rule In Limbo, What Should You Do?
The Department of Labor’s (DOL) new overtime rule didn’t take effect on December 1 as many thought it would. Instead, it was temporarily blocked by a … Read more
How to Tell Workers They Won’t Be Getting Overtime
This spring, an estimated four million Americans became eligible for overtime pay, with a new overtime rule doubling the salary threshold to automatic … Read more
Judge Suspends Overtime Rule
A federal district court judge issued an order Tuesday temporarily stopping new rules on overtime pay from taking effect. Beginning Dec. 1, employers would … Read more