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Fire that employee for complaining about wages at your own peril revisited
Firing an employee for complaining about their wages will violated two laws. I read an article about a cocktail waitress who was fired for “not getting along with management” because she complained in...
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If you require the overtime, pay the overtime
Employers and wage mistakes and wage theft. I am amazed sometimes at the things employers will do to avoid paying overtime. If this is done unintentionally, it is a sign of ignorance and lack of proper...
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Two News Items of Interest to HR
Two items of interest to HR The arena of human resources is not a static one. Rather, one of the main challenges for people in the profession is the fact that rules, regulations, and practices are...
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In case you think recording employee time is not important, think again!
Recording time for nonexempt employees must be accurate. In my consulting practice, I run across companies occasionally that are somewhat lackadaisical in keeping track of the time their employees are...
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Eighty years of the FLSA and companies still screw it up
On my soapbox about poor adherence to the FLSA. Two things struck me as I was reading today. First, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) has been around for 80 years now. You would think that every...
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FLSA Follow up
FLSA cases are expensive in many ways. As a follow up to my post yesterday about the FLSA turning 80 years old last month, I decided to look at some of the big cases involving the FLSA. Perusing the US...
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Five acts that violate the overtime provisions of the FLSA- again
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 spent an...
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Two for Tuesday
Two major issues that need to be learned. It has been a while since I last published due to my holiday hiatus. I wanted to start back up by making you aware of two publications of importance to HR....
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Revisited:Under the FLSA a late paycheck is as bad as no paycheck
Missing a paycheck because of cash flow violates the FLSA With the current government shutdown, many employees have been furloughed. Others have been described as “essential” and are required to work...
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Three for Thursday- Paying attention to the FLSA
Three HR lessons to educate you in the middle of the week. The US Department of Labor is one of those agencies that have been fully funded during the shutdown. Their activity continues, thus it is...
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The USDOL releases new salary requirements to maintain exempt status
A new salary level has been determined in order to have an exempt employee On March 7, 2019, the United States Department of Labor released the long-awaited adjustment to the salary level that is the...
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The USDOL is revising the definition of “Regular Rate of Pay”
Back in January, I wrote a post entitled What is the “regular rate of pay according to the USDOL.” At that time I explained that many employers made FLSA overtime mistakes because they did not...
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