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FLSA

OK to pay salary to nonexempt employees

11/08/2016
When a salaried employee works a different schedule, you must make sure your system captures the deviation and adjusts the paycheck accordingly.

Hospitality, food service draw the most FLSA lawsuits

11/03/2016
The hospitality and food service industries have been the most frequent targets of U.S. Department of Labor wage-and-hour lawsuits since 1985.

Beware poor agreements that compromise contractor status

11/02/2016
Such an agreement can be the kiss of death if it’s anything like one recently reviewed by the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals.

Unpaid intern may be an employee under Pennsylvania Human Relations Act

11/02/2016
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has concluded that the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act may include an unpaid intern as a covered employee under the act.

New OT rules: Determine how bonuses fit into regular rates of pay

10/27/2016
How you set up bonus programs can have a big impact on your overtime budget.

Two suits challenging OT rules to be heard together

10/25/2016
A federal judge in Texas has agreed to consolidate two lawsuits challenging the Department of Labor’s authority to issue new white-collar overtime rules set to take effect Dec. 1.

You must pay employees for almost all training time

10/20/2016
Most training is designed to help employees perform their jobs better. Almost always, that means training time is paid time.

Etsy proposes new kind of employment status

10/20/2016
Etsy.com recently went to Washington to urge changes to how artisans, entrepreneurs and other independent workers are treated.

Walmart managers get raises to exceed OT salary threshold

10/18/2016
Walmart is giving thousands of assistant managers a pay bump in advance of new overtime rules requiring overtime pay for employees who work more than 40 hours per week and make less than $47,476 per year.

Emergency injunctions sought to stop new OT rules

10/18/2016
Plaintiffs in two lawsuits challenging the Department of Labor’s new overtime rules have asked a federal judge in East Texas to issue expedited injunctions preventing the rules from taking effect Dec. 1.