The Employer Handbook Blog
Image by Annalise Batista from Pixabay
Yesterday morning, I received a press release from the U.S. Department of Labor. Continue reading
Articles Posted in Employees
Here’s a sneak preview of some of the next possible federal stimulus plan, and what it could mean for your business
Follow me. I’ll get you into the VIP area for a better view. Continue reading
The hits keep coming in NJ. This time we have new laws targeting independent contractor misclassification.
Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay
In what I hope does not become a weekly feature here at The Employer Handbook, it’s time to update the readers on some new laws that NJ Governor Phil Murphy signed last week. Continue reading
SCOOP: The DOL has issued final joint-employer rules
While you guys were watching the NFL playoffs yesterday, a little birdie told me that the U.S. Department of Labor had announced its final rule to update its joint-employer regulations.
Here’s the skinny. Continue reading
New legislation in NJ would make it much harder to use independent contractors
Image by Sandra Ferentschik from Pixabay
Yesterday, one of my favorite readers of the blog forwarded me a link to this article, “Sweeney-backed bill may eliminate independent contractors in N.J.”
That got my attention. Continue reading
The DOL plans to make it easier for you to pay bonuses while using the fluctuating workweek
After a Harry Potter tour behind-the-scenes, some additional London sightseeing, and a Premier League game, the Meyers have made it back to the United States. Unfortunately, since my body is still on Greenwich Mean Time, I’m typing this post at 5:30 in the morning local time.
But, hey, my four kids survived two cross-Atlantic flights and didn’t otherwise get us banned from the UK. So, it’s all good.
Do you use the FLSA’s fluctuating workweek method? Do you pay bonuses too? You’ll want to read this.
By U.S. Department of Labor – Converted from EPS version available here; there are EPS and PDF versions, Public Domain, Link
Welcome to both of you. Continue reading
NJ has a new ‘wage-theft’ law. Here are 10 things that employers must know about it now.
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://www.needpix.com/photo/180714/muscle-muscular-athlete-fitness-body-bodybuilder-workout-bodybuilding-macho)
If you’re old enough, maybe you remember this Miller Lite commercial from the 1970s where Steve “The Miz” Mizerak was just showing off at a billiards table, working up a thirst for his adult beverage of choice: Miller Lite.
Last week, the State of New Jersey passed yet another workplace law. This time, it’s this measure to protect against what’s being dubbed “wage theft.”
I’d say get NJ a glass of something cold, but at the rate at which the Garden State is passing new employment laws, they’d just say, “Hold my drink.” Continue reading
Sorry, Busta Rhymes. You don’t get a “celebrity exception” for settling your wage-and-hour claim
By Mikamote [CC BY-SA 3.0], from Wikimedia Commons
When parties agree to resolve these claims as part of litigation, two things often happen:
- A court must approve the settlement; and
- The settlement agreement becomes public; i.e., no confidentiality.
Recently, Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr. and the other parties to an FLSA action requested that a New York federal court relax the publicity rules by creating a “celebrity exception.”
Oh, you don’t know Trevor Tahiem Smith, Jr.?
That’s Busta Rhymes!
DOL buries its 6-factor internship test 6 feet under
Image Credit: Photofunia.com
On Friday, the U.S. Department of Labor announced here that it was changing its test for whether a company needs to pay its interns. Continue reading