Wages & Hours

Despite higher salaries, pay raise requests will rise

10/14/2022

While many savvy employers now offer higher salaries to attract and retain talent, they should still expect pay raise requests ahead of 2023, according to a Robert Half survey of 1,000 U.S. workers and 1,500 hiring managers conducted between June and July.

Tips for bringing pay transparency to your organization

10/11/2022

Multiple states have enacted pay transparency laws, and more are likely to follow suit. Yet nearly a third of employers say they are not ready for such openness.

DOL proposes revision to form regarding contractor status

10/04/2022

The U.S. Department of Labor announced a proposed revision to its Office of Labor-Management Standards’ Form LM-10. The change would require certain employers already required to file Form LM-10s to report their status as a federal contractor or subcontractor.

About time: Bill for truckers makes progress

09/29/2022

A new bill, Guaranteeing Overtime for Truckers Act, would eliminate the overtime exemption of the FLSA and have truckers beeping their horns in celebration.

DOL awards back pay to hotel employee fired for reporting tip-related allegation

09/29/2022

When a hotel employee complained about the franchise operator’s pay practices, she was fired two days later. But the story didn’t end there.

Pay time-and-a-half or pay the price

09/22/2022

U.S. Department of Labor investigators found Done-Rite Tree Co. failed to pay overtime wages to 39 nonexempt workers in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Pay disparity lawsuit blooms

09/22/2022

A class action filed on Sept. 8 for claims under the Equal Pay Act asserts that women in managerial positions are paid at a lower rate than men in managerial positions.

DOL seizes, sells owners’ real estate to obtain back pay

09/15/2022

It took seven years, but the Department of Labor—a tenacious litigator if ever there was one—finally secured back pay for 478 workers who were employed by four related Massachusetts construction companies.

New Calif. fast-food worker law could spread

09/08/2022

The California legislature has enacted a first-in-the-nation law designed to grant broad protections to employees working in fast-food restaurants. As is often the case, it’s a California employment law that could well become a model for similar legislation in other states.

Huge settlement highlights local law risks

08/18/2022

Gone are the days when big verdicts or settlements were all the result of running afoul of federal laws. These days, employers also have to worry about increasingly aggressive state and local government agencies enforcing their own anti-discrimination laws and other employment ordinances.