FLSA

Amarillo, Texas carniceria settles OT and child labor complaints

08/06/2018

Carniceria La Popular, a combination butcher shop, grocery store and restaurant in Amarillo, Texas, has agreed to settle charges it violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and child labor laws.

HR pros take note: You can be held personally liable for wage-and-hour violations

08/06/2018

Under the right (or wrong) circumstances, a relatively high-level employee may be held personally liable for a company’s failure to follow the overtime and minimum wage rules set out in the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Shapiro among officials pushing back against PAID

08/01/2018

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro is one of 11 state AGs who recently told Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta they have big problems with his agency’s new Payroll Audit Independent Determination program.

Bay-area IT firm agrees to H-1B visa settlement

07/30/2018

Cloudwick Technologies in Alameda County has settled allegations by the U.S. Department of Labor that it violated H-1B visa requirements when it paid workers much less than the law requires.

Department of Labor sues Minneapolis flooring company

07/24/2018

Minneapolis-based Luxury Floors Inc. and its chief executive officer face a U.S. Department of Labor lawsuit after investigators from the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division concluded the company broke the law by paying its workers straight time when they should have received overtime pay.

States push back against DOL’s PAID program

07/17/2018

There’s a lot for employers to like about the U.S. Department of Labor’s new Payroll Audit Independent Determination program—known as PAID. Some state officials aren’t so enthusiastic.

No official time records? Court will believe employees

07/13/2018

Employers that don’t keep track of hours worked may be in for a surprise if an employee quits and sues over alleged unpaid time.

Pennsylvania DLI proposal would more than double exempt threshold

07/10/2018

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry has submitted a proposed rule to amend the regulations that exempt executive, administrative and professional salaried workers from overtime requirements under Pennsylvania’s Minimum Wage Act of 1968.

Fair Labor Standards Act was enacted 80 years ago

07/05/2018

Over the years, the regulations for implementing the FLSA have changed to keep up with the economic realities of the day and the changing nature of work.

Will the ‘uberfication’ of U.S. jobs redefine worker classifications?

07/03/2018

In the gig economy that has emerged in the past five years, an old battle over worker classification has taken on fresh urgency.