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...
Tag: wage and hour
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...
Let’s talk about whether you are paying teleworking employees properly.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Field Assistance Bulletin on employee telework is the blogging gift that keeps on giving....
Don’t sleep on state wage and hour laws in 2023, especially if you are a multi-state employer.
I like to tell people who will listen to me, which frequently isn’t even my kids, that I can...
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...
There’s retaliation, and then there’s beating up the complainant and sending him to the emergency room
The Fair Labor Standards Act makes it unlawful for employers to retaliate against employees who complain about violations of...
The DOL is changing its independent contractor rules. Is it a big deal? Or just, meh?
It was bound to happen. Early last year, just before the change in presidential administrations, the U.S. Department of...
Can a company fire someone whom it believes will join a pending wage and hour class action against it?
It depends. Suppose the company is firing the employee for poor performance, which has nothing to do with the...