A new bill in Congress aims to restore OVERTIME protections for employees to “HISTORIC LEVELS.” Federal law requires most companies to pay minimum wage and overtime pay for employees unless they qualify for an exemption. Employees...
Do employers risk violating the FLSA by reducing PTO? Is it part of an employee’s salary? Those were the critical issues in a precedential decision that the Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued yesterday. So let’s...
A federal appellate court using Homer Simpson to explain wage and hour law?!? Woo hoo!! Benoît Prieur, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuits aren’t exactly fodder for Silver Screen blockbusters. In a...
How can an employee make $200K, PLUS overtime?!? The Supreme Court explains… Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay A company operating an offshore oil rig paid one of its “tool pushers” anywhere...
You might have to pay employees to turn on and watch their computers boot up. I’m hitting this technology theme hard this week. And why shouldn’t I?!? We’ve got a banger edition of The Employer...
When do employers risk FLSA violations by raising and lowering hourly wage rates? The Fair Labor Standards Act can present a minefield for even the savviest wage-and-hour gurus. Last night, I read...