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If an employee who typically works a Monday through Friday schedule, travels out of town on a Sunday to attend a training that will be held on Monday, is the employee entitled to be paid for the time he/she is out traveling? This great question from a customer highlights a perpetual issue for employers: What […]
Employers wanting to get an early start on providing a required notice to employees of coverage options under health insurance exchanges just got some help from the federal government. On May 8, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a model notice for employers may use now — but must use beginning Oct. 1, 2013. The […]
Yesterday’s Advisor featured attorney Ted Boehm’s tips for handling tricky wage and hour issues. Today, his take on difficult deduction issues, plus an introduction to Wage & Hour Self-Audit Guide: Practical Solutions for HR. Boehm, an associate in the Atlanta office of law firm Fisher & Phillips, LLP, offered his tips at a recent webinar […]
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a tricky statute that creates a landmine for unwary employers, says attorney Ted Boehm, and it’s made worse by a number of misconceptions and myths commonly believed by employers. For example, says Boehm, there’s the misconception that employers may provide “comp time” in lieu of overtime compensation. For […]
Thousands of employers get a figurative knock-on-the-door each year from an investigator from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division. WHD is the agency responsible for enforcing the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Davis-Bacon Act and the Service Contract Act, among other laws. A visit from WHD […]
Compliance with the FLSA can be tricky. For example, how do you pay a non-exempt employee who is on-call? When can you withhold pay for non-exempt employees? In a recent CER webinar, Ted Boehm answered these questions and many more. Here are some of the questions and answers from that program.
special report, Hot Wage and Hour Issues for Home Healthcare Employers (Littler Report). In today’s issue, more wage/hour tips, plus an introduction to the unique “50×50”—50 Employment Laws in 50 States. Note: Find the complete Littler Report here. Compensable Work Outside of Patient Care Duties Some preshift or postshift activities may be compensable, the Littler […]
Law firm Littler Mendelson’s recently issued special report, Hot Wage and Hour Issues for Home Healthcare Employers (Littler Report), which offers practical tips for employers in any industry. The recently published Littler Report finds that wage and hour lawsuits against home healthcare providers have frequently involved three issues: Misclassification (employees who claim they have been […]
In a 5-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held April 16 that because an employee received an individual settlement offer that fully satisfied her Fair Labor Standard Act claims, her individual and collective action claims could not go forward. The Court said that after her employer made an “Offer of Judgment” for the full amount […]
Yesterday’s Advisor featured SHRM’s top-rated speaker, Attorney Jonathan Segal, who offered the first 10 of his “they won’t tell you, but I will” principles. Today, 11 to 15, plus an introduction to the handy wage and hour guide that helps you solve little problems before they become big and expensive ones. Segal, who is a […]