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New legislation in NJ would make it much harder to use independent contractors
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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.
You know that employee that won’t shut up about being underpaid? Yeah, well, you may be stuck with that person.
At first glance, this recent National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Advice Memorandum, with all its redactions and such, seems hardly worth the trouble to parse through.
But, that’s why they pay me the big bucks bupkis to blog and try to make something out of nothing. And I’ve done just that for you today. Continue reading
Pennsylvania, yes Pennsylvania, announces new overtime rules that are more generous than federal law
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About a year or so ago, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced a plan to direct the Department of Labor & Industry (PA’s version of the DOL) to change the overtime rules in PA: Continue reading
Because even Al Capone had to pay his taxes on illicit income
Let’s assume that you run a business that may operate illegally under federal law. Continue reading
The DOL final overtime rule is out today. Here is what employers need to know now.
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Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Labor announced here that it will issue a final overtime rule today. Most notably, the DOL is updating the earnings thresholds necessary to exempt executive, administrative and professional employees (EAPs) from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) minimum wage and overtime pay requirements.
Below, I’ll address that new salary level and just about everything else that employers need to know about this new rule: Continue reading
Five wage and hour goodies for your business. Trust me. This won’t be weird at all.
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You know that dream?
The one where the U.S. Department of Labor shows up on a Sunday to conduct a surprise wage-and-hour audit of your workplace, all the company payroll records have gone missing, and you’re in your underwear.
No? Oh, me neither. Continue reading
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
Could misclassifying an employee as an independent contractor violate the FLSA and federal labor law too?!?
By National Labor Relations Board – http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Announcements/2010/A-08.pdf, Public Domain, Link
Just because you say that an employee is an independent contractor doesn’t make it so. Many companies have found that out the hard way when the U.S. Department of Labor comes knocking for a wage and hour audit.