We have discussed exempt and non-exempt classifications and related issues many times here. Normally, we talk about classifying non-exempt employees as exempt under (most commonly) one of the white collar exemptions. What about the reverse? Can an employer decide to ...
Read More »What Employers SHOULD tell the DOL about their Proposed White-Collar Salary Threshold
I know, I know–I haven’t posted here in forever. What can I say? In-house life at a publicly-traded company is busy. I felt compelled to write something, though, because the Department of Labor is back with a new white-collar salary ...
Read More »FLSA Regulations are Here…with Four Surprises!
After years of speculation, the day is finally here: the Department of Labor will finally publish its revisions to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) white collar exemptions tomorrow in the Federal Register (or at least announce then, with publication ...
Read More »FLSA FAQ: Pay Wages Late, and You’ll Be The One a Dollar Short
Over the holidays, I read about a lawsuit against a now-shuttered Dallas hospital filed by a nurse who was among 150 or so employees who were told the morning that the hospital suddenly closed for good that they would not be ...
Read More »The FLSA and Inclement Weather: Paying Employees During Weather-Related Shutdowns
Over the holidays, a number of areas of the country experienced severe weather, from blizzard conditions to thunderstorms and tornadoes. Blog readers and HR contacts in the industry have been sending questions, posting on social media, and calling with questions ...
Read More »State and Local Minimum Wages Set to Rise in 2016
Those of you who follow me on Twitter know that one of my main focuses from day to day is updating you on ordinances, ballot initiatives, and other local and state actions on minimum wages, paid family or sick leave, and ...
Read More »Amended New York Law Gives Wage and Hour Plaintiffs Direct Access to Shareholders’ Pockets
New York employers and their shareholders will start facing substantially increased liability for wage and hour violations in January now that the state has again amended its Business Corporation Law. The latest change allows plaintiffs in wage and hour cases ...
Read More »FLSA Endangered Species: The Part-Time Exempt Employee
With the Department of Labor planning to release new Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations in 2016, one question that I get frequently is what will happen to part-time exempt employees–professionals (nurses, accountants, etc.), managers, or other administrative personnel who ...
Read More »Volunteers and the FLSA: When Public Sector Employers Must Pay for Volunteer Work
Last week, we discussed the rules governing when for-profit, private sector and non-profit employers could accept “volunteer” services. Private sector employers have very little flexibility, while non-profit employers have a little bit more. The third group of employers, public sector employers, have the ...
Read More »Volunteers and the FLSA: When Non-Profit Employers Must Pay for Volunteer Work
In yesterday’s post, we discussed the rules governing when for-profit, private sector employers can accept “volunteer” services. In short, the answer is not very often. However, public sector and nonprofit employers have more flexibility when under the Fair Labor Standards ...
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