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HR services firm settles misclassification charges

10/03/2017
Zenefits FTW Insurance Services, an HR management software service based in San Francisco, has settled charges it misclassified 743 account executives and sales people as exempt from minimum wage protections. Workers in both California and Arizona were affected.

Emeryville, Calif. adopts minimum wage, paid sick leave regs

10/03/2017
Two years ago, Emeryville, Calif. passed its Minimum Wage, Paid Sick Leave, and Other Employment Standards Ordinance. Now the city manager has released the regulations implementing the ordinance.

Minneapolis minimum wage to reach $15 by 2024

09/26/2017
Employers that operate in Minneapolis will have to pay workers $15 per hour by July 1, 2024. The city council approved the new ordinance this summer, with the first increase taking effect Jan. 1, 2018.

Another nail in the coffin of the old ‘new’ overtime regulations

09/07/2017
A federal judge in Texas last month formally struck down the Obama-era regs that would have more than doubled the white-collar overtime threshold to $47,476 per year.

DOL may change Obama-era tip pool rule

09/06/2017
The Department of Labor has announced in its semi-annual Uniform Regulatory Agenda that it may scrap a tip-pooling rule enacted by the Obama administration. The existing rule bans using tip pools to share gratuities with workers who traditionally don’t receive tips, such as cooks and dishwashers.

Texas Workforce Commission wage claim ends FLSA case

08/30/2017
When a former employee asks the Texas Workforce Commission to order her former employer to cough up allegedly unpaid wages, the commission’s decision on what was owed can be used to end a Fair Labor Standards Act claim for the same pay.

Deciding contractor status reverts to 6-factor test

08/22/2017

Companies now have greater flexibility to engage outside labor without fear they will be charged with trying to dodge minimum wage or overtime rules.

Northwest Title ordered to pay $107k in back wages

08/09/2017
An administrative law judge has ordered Northwest Title, located in White Bear Lake, Minn., to pay two employees $107,893 in back wages and fringe benefits.

Surly tip pool violated state wage-and-hour law

08/09/2017
A Hennepin County District Judge has sided with a former bartender at the Surly Brewing Co. in Minneapolis in a dispute over the company’s tip pooling practices.

Give contractors plenty of leeway, so it’s clear they are truly independent

08/09/2017
If you plan on using independent contractors to get work done, be sure to grant those workers a great deal of autonomy and freedom to do their work as they see fit. The less effort you make to control how and when they do their jobs, the better off you are.