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A revision: What is the fate of the increase in the exempt level salary...
What will the Trump administration do with the FLSA? I wrote this post on April 10th. Since then there has been yet another change. The hearing on this is now delayed until June 30th. The Trump...
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Here is your chance to impact the FLSA. Act now!
Take the opportunity to have an impact on future rules of the FLSA. Last fall when the Department of Labor, under the Obama administration, changed the salary levels by which an employee was determined...
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Should you get paid to put on your Mickey Mouse costume?
Should you be paid to don this costume? In late July a Disney employee filed a lawsuit alleging that the company was violating the FLSA by not paying employees for the time it took them to put on their...
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The Obama era overtime changes are finally dead, maybe
New court rulings make Obama changes null and void. On the last day of August a federal judge, Judge Amos Mazzant, seemed to settle the Obama administration’s attempt to alter the salary levels...
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As an employer are you engaging in wage theft?
Employers are accused of stealing $50 billion in wages annually. An organization called the Wage Authority Group released a recent report saying that employers are stealing up to $50 billion annually...
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Three Monday morning HR lessons: Learning from the bad judgment of others
Three HR lessons to start your week off. Most of us have probably seen the quote “Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment”, a quote attributed to numerous people....
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Courts weigh-in on whether or not breaks are to be paid
Having employees clock out for breaks does not nullify the requirement that breaks under 20 minutes in length must be compensated. I find it amazing sometimes the extent to which employers go to try to...
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Daylight Savings Time and the FLSA: Replayed
Daylight savings time may mean an extra hour worked for some employees. We have returned to Standard Time in most of the United States. For many that means that they get that extra hour of sleep. For...
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Government starting to recognize the gig economy exists
Let Congress know that you would like to see the rules about the gig economy changes. Do you know anyone that drives for Uber? What about someone who does side jobs in areas such as small maintenance,...
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Paying a salary does not alleviate the need to pay overtime: Another case of...
Just because you pay your cook a salary does not mean you don’t also have to pay overtime. A company learned the hard way that paying an employee a salary does not remove the obligation to pay for...
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Five acts that violate the overtime provisions of the FLSA
There are 40 million reasons to make sure your wage and hour practices are in good shape. I am still doing webinars on violations of the FLSA because employers still make these mistakes. I was...
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An Archive special: Four Myths about Holiday Pay under the FLSA
What is an employer required to do? We are quickly arriving at the Christmas/New Years holidays. Most of you have a good handle on this, but for some new managers, HR people and payroll people there...
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FLSA issues for 2018
The USDOL in 2018 will still be looking at major wage and hour issues. As we enter into a new calendar year there are a lot of Department of Labor issues employers should be concerned with in handling...
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A new test for determining if your intern should be a paid intern
There are new rules for determining whether an internship is paid or not. The US Department of Labor is in the process of becoming a “friendlier” place. One such change has come in the form of a new...
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“Comp Time”: A Big “No-No” in the Private Sector- From the Archive
I often get comments on my posts that are questions or pleas for help. I received on yesterday on the subject of comp time. As a result, I decided to republish this post from the past to explain how a...
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Another Pink Observation: Lunch is the most important meal of the day for...
Research shows the value of lunch. Last week I talked about Daniel Pink’s book When: The Scientific Secrets of Perfect Timing and described the case for When is the best time to make important...
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Three Hump Day Reads for HR
Three HR lessons to educate you in the middle of the week. As many of you know, I occasionally point out the blogs of others that I think do a great job of informing you or are just plain interesting....
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Three HR Lessons on a Wednesday morning
Three HR lessons to educate you in the middle of the week. When you write five times a week like I do, you become grateful that other write great material that I can point out to you. Today is one of...
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What the Heck is “Doffing?”
I originally wrote this post back in 2011. You would think this is a simple issue, yet employers continue to get it wrong. Just yesterday I read an article written by the attorneys of Fox Rothchild,...
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Opinion letters flowing from the Wage and Hour Division to help employers
Opinion letters are being issued by the WHD of the USDOL. In a blog post from last July, I mentioned that Department of Labor Secretary Alex Acosta had announced that the Wage and Hour Division would...
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