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Last night on the U.S. Department of Labor’s website, I spent some time checking out some of the latest news releases from the Wage and Hour Division.
Oh, hold on one second. I need to take this call. Continue reading
Articles Posted in Wage and Hour
Everything “employment law” mentioned in last night’s State of the Union Address
In case you missed President Biden’s State of the Union Address last night, I’ve got you covered with everything HR compliance that came up. Continue reading
What the heck is ‘bleisure’ and how could your company get sued over it?
People ask me if I like to read. Continue reading
The DOL is hiring 100 more investigators to audit company pay practices. Lucky you!
ICYMI, the days of a more business-friendly U.S. Department of Labor are long gone.
And it’s only going to become more adversarial. Continue reading
The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division Fact Sheet No. 84
I’m going to share with you the Mysterious Case of the Disappearing U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division Fact Sheet No. 84.
Insurance carriers will soon have to pay for COVID-19 at-home tests — up to 8 per person per month.
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We still don’t know **clicks refresh on the Supreme Court’s website** whether the OSHA vax-or-test mandate will survive Supreme Court scrutiny.
But, in the meantime, the Biden Administration announced some big news yesterday about at-home COVID-19 tests. Continue reading
The feds are suing a company and its owner that paid a former employee’s final paycheck in pennies — about 91,500 of them.
Roman Oleinik, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
If this isn’t karma, friends, I don’t know what is. Continue reading
Word is, employees will have to pay for COVID-testing under the new Biden vaccine mandate.
Image by fernando zhiminaicela from Pixabay
Last week, business groups asked the White House to delay President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for private companies with 100+ employees “until after the holiday season.” Also, last week, labor unions asked the White House for additional worker protections beyond mandatory vaccinations.
By the end of the week, I expected that the White House would release additional information about the vaccine mandate’s scope and substance.
Nada. Well, not quite. Continue reading