FLSA

California courts take a hard line on independent contractor classification

11/28/2018

Two recent California court decisions have made it much harder for California businesses to establish that workers are independent contractors rather than employees.

DOL opinion letters address FLSA questions

11/21/2018

The U.S. Department of Labor is making up for lost time. After suspending DOL opinion letters for most of the Obama administration, it has issued a blizzard of them in the last year. Here are two interesting recent ones.

$385k judgment against Yonkers health care facility

11/14/2018

A nursing home in Yonkers and its owner will have to pay over $385,000 in back pay and penalties to 81 employees after investigators found numerous violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Midterms to affect employment law landscape

11/08/2018

Two years of Republican control of Washington ended Nov. 6 with Democrats seizing control of the House of Representatives. That gives Democrats some say on setting the legislative agenda, including employment law issues.

Per diem payments aren’t wages for overtime purposes

10/31/2018

Do you pay a per diem to employees who work away from home for several days or more? It’s not compensation. That means per diem payments should not be included in the base pay you use to calculate overtime wages.

San Diego massage parlor rubs DOL the wrong way

10/31/2018

The owners of two San Diego-area massage parlors have agreed to pay 17 employees $61,317 to settle charges they violated the Fair Labor Standards Act.

DOL to issue proposed rule on joint employment in December

10/23/2018

The DOL’s fall regulatory agenda, released Oct. 16, said the department anticipated publishing a notice of proposed rulemaking in December.

DOL plans to issue new OT rules in March 2019

10/23/2018

The U.S. Department of Labor says it will propose a new salary threshold for paying overtime to white-collar workers next March.

Small businesses get DOL wage-and-hour help

10/18/2018

The U.S. Department of Labor has launched a web portal to help small businesses comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act and other employment law statutes.

Minimum wage for federal contractors goes up in 2019

10/10/2018

Effective Jan. 1, 2019, employers performing work on federal contracts must pay workers $10.60 per hour.