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How about the two new wage and hour opinion letters that the U.S. Department of Labor issued yesterday on esoteric Fair Labor Standards Act issues? Continue reading
Articles Posted in Wage and Hour
One HR lesson from two exotic dancers on misclassifying employees as independent contractors.
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It’s getting hot in herrrrrrrrrrrrre!
Well, tepid. It’s an employment law blog, after all. Continue reading
“Salt Bae” employees complaining about tips are cooking up some new federal claims
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Restauranteur Nusret Gökçe became an internet sensation a few years ago. Basically, he’s famous because he did this. And he’s easy on the eyes. Hence, the nickname “Salt Bae.” Continue reading
Why countersuing an employee can be a recipe for disaster!
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Rarely — and by “rarely,” I mean usually — I’ll have an employer client ask me about countersuing an employee that has just sued the company.
First, you’re probably just throwing good money after bad. But, I generally don’t debate this with my more “principled” clients — at least the ones willing to pay me a large retainer 😉.
But, there’s a bigger issue. Continue reading
How can you tell an employee from an independent contractor? I’ll explain in about two minutes.
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Employee versus independent contractor, who cares? The U.S. Department of Labor, that’s who.
(And that means you should too.) Continue reading
If you could design the perfect “Return to Work from COVID-19” HR-compliance presentation…
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Ok, confession time.
I’ve procrastinated on preparing the slide deck for my upcoming presentation, A Return to Work from COVID-19: EEO and Other Employment Law Considerations, for the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Continue reading
U.S. Department of Labor slims down and gets more user friendly. Too creepy?
Let’s start over with a less awkward headline.
Ok, here goes…
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Four ways to avoid wage and hour worries when employees work remotely
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Hopefully, you know by now that you should be tracking the time of non-exempt employees working remotely during this pandemic. If this is news to you, well…
But, have you figured out an excellent way to track hours that an employee works, even though s/he isn’t scheduled to work those hours? Continue reading
An internal DOL audit reveals the three ways in which COVID-19 has hampered the agency
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Let’s give credit where credit is due. When Congress passed the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division had the unenviable task of creating and implementing supporting guidance, enforcing the law, and tending to all of its other responsibilities. All during a COVID-19 pandemic.
It wasn’t going to be perfect. Continue reading