By John E. Thompson Should an employer keep records of the time worked by employees who qualify for a federal Fair Labor Standards Act minimum-wage and/or … Read more
Labor Dept. Sends Proposed OT Exemptions For White House Review
By Tammy McCutchen Back in March 2014, President Obama ordered the U.S. Department of Labor to revise the “white collar” overtime exemption regulations. … Read more
Can Just Cashing a Paycheck Waive an Employee’s FLSA Overtime Claim?
By Eric B. Meyer I’ve gotta hand it to the company in this recent federal appellate court opinion in Beaufort v. ActionLink, LLC. The company almost — … Read more
FLSA Changes Could Make Many Retail Managers Non-Exempt Employees
By John E. Thompson Expectations are that the U.S. Labor Department’s proposed regulations re-defining the federal Fair Labor Standards Act‘s … Read more
Labor Department Going After More Wage and Hour Laws Violations
Employees in New York and California are being cheated out of millions in wages by their employers, a new study reveals, and the U.S. Department of Labor … Read more
Curtailing “White Collar” Overtime Exemptions Will Take a Lot of Work
By John E. Thompson President Obama has instructed the U.S. Department of Labor to revise the federal Fair Labor Standards Act‘s so-called … Read more
Obama’s Overtime Proposal: Don’t Expect Any Swift Change
Editor’s note: Weekly Wrap is taking the week off. It will return next Friday. By Eric B. Meyer So, by now you’ve likely read the news, first … Read more
Even Lady Gaga Doesn’t Understand When You Have to Pay Overtime
By Eric B Meyer We’re talking a lot of money honey. (Yes, I know. I couldn’t even make it one line without a stupid Gaga pun.) It may not be so … Read more
Wages, Salaries & Overtime – Oh My! 4 Myths About Employee Pay
By David Hackett “We get up at 12 and start to work at 1! Take an hour for lunch and then, at 2, we’re done! Jolly good fun!” In the 1939 classic The … Read more
House Passes Bill to Allow Employees to Swap OT For Comp Time
By Eric B. Meyer Earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 223-204 to pass the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013, which would amend … Read more