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Another Healthcare System Hit With (Yet) Another Automatic Deduction FLSA Class Action

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I have blogged about these automatic deduction cases, but they nevertheless keep popping up with disturbing regularity. In another example of this phenomenon, employees have sued a Michigan healthcare employer, alleging...more

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.

DOL Raises Salary Thresholds for Exempt Workers

Under the FLSA, employees must meet the above salary thresholds and the duties tests for executive, administrative, or professional employees for the employees to be exempt from the FLSA’s overtime pay requirements. Employees...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

“Workin’ 9 to 5.” Is that still a thing?

If you answered no, then you’d better have the records needed to prove the number of overtime hours worked by your employees and the rates paid for them. If you don’t have the records, then borrowing a rhyme from the legal...more

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How To Prepare For The New Salary Threshold For The White Collar Exemptions: Be Proactive!

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The new salary threshold for exempt employees is coming soon. The current minimum level is $35,568 per year ($684 per week) and the proposal is to increase it to $55,068 per year ($1059 per week). The salary level for...more

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Employer Compliance with FLSA Wage and Hour Laws at the Beginning and End of Daylight Saving Time

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Key Takeaways - Employers who have employees working overnight shifts when daylight saving time ends and standard time begins must pay these employees an additional hour. Employers also should review the total hours these...more

CDF Labor Law LLP

[Webinar] Wage & Hour Legal Update And Best Practices for California Employers - August 22nd, 10:00 am - 11:15 am PT

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CDF invites you to attend a complimentary one-hour and 15-minute webinar of valuable insights and updates on California wage and hour laws, as well as essential best practices for employers to ensure compliance and minimize...more

McDermott Will & Emery

Update zum „Stechuhr“-Beschluss des BAG

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Nach dem sog. „Stechuhr“-Beschluss des Bundesarbeitsgerichts („BAG“) vom 13. September 2022 (1 ABR 22/21), über welchen wir auf unserem Blog hier berichteten, wurde der volle Entscheidungstext zur bisher lediglich...more

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1 More Hour of Sleep but 4 More Wage and Hour Problems as Daylight Saving Time Ends

​​​​​​​On Sunday, November 6, 2022, at 2:00 a.m., daylight saving time will end. This World War I–era practice of turning back the clock one hour in the fall became a federal law in the United States when President Lyndon...more

Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

What to Do When Your Timekeeping System Crashes

A number of companies suffered collateral damage last winter as a result of a cyber attack on a major provider of time and attendance software.  With your timekeeping systems compromised, how do you determine what to pay your...more

McDermott Will & Emery

ARBEITSZEITERFASSUNG – Die Dokumentation von Arbeitszeiten und deren Bedeutung für Unternehmen

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1. DIE AUSGANGSLAGE – ENTSCHEIDUNG DES EUGH ZUR ARBEITSZEITERFASSUNG - Nachdem der EuGH im Jahr 2019 (Urteil vom 14. Mai 2019 – C-55/18 Federación de Servicios de Comisiones Obreras/Deutsche Bank SA) entschieden hatte,...more

Miles Mediation & Arbitration

Welcome to the Age of Bleisure: Employment Risks and Implications From the Pandemic-Related Rise in Remote Work

The pandemic altered the way many people live and work. As millions of workers were sent home to work remotely, employers grappled with a myriad of workplace issues that raised questions not addressed by existing labor and...more

Payne & Fears

[Virtual Employment Seminar] Fear Nothing 2021: Regular Rate of Pay, Remote Workforce Landmines, COVID Litigation & Workplace...

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2021 brought several changes to the workplace, but employers should have less to fear following this Payne & Fears conference. Join us for a full day of seminars on the most pressing employment law topics, transmitted to you...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Time Is Money: A Quick Wage-Hour Tip on … How to Calculate the Correct Overtime Rate for Hourly Employees That Earn Bonuses,...

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1. Introduction - If you have hourly employees that earn bonuses, commissions, or other performance payments, this article is for you....more

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Time Is Money: A Quick Wage-Hour Tip on … Teleworking

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Given the ongoing considerations businesses face with the COVID-19 health crisis, many employers have increased the amount of teleworking for employees, including many roles that ordinarily would not telework. As the COVID-19...more

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Work-From-Home Legal Issues Checklist

Working from home may not be practical in many work environments, for example, where company tools, machinery or equipment may be required to accomplish a job. Where a company must suspend work or close a work location, the...more

McAfee & Taft

Retaliation suit shows requests for unpaid overtime can be a timekeeping trap

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Informed employers know they must pay non-exempt employee for all hours actually worked. If an employee works unapproved hours or overtime, the company must still pay for that time; however, they may discipline that worker...more

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Adapting To The New FLSA Salary Threshold

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The new year has brought many things, including an increased threshold for many employees classified as exempt. The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provides for limited exemptions from its timekeeping, minimum wage,...more

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Department of Labor Issues Opinion Letter Regarding Timekeeping Rounding Practices

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On July 1, 2019, the Wage and Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor issued several new opinion letters. One such letter, FLSA 2019-9, concerns an employer’s use of payroll software to calculate the wages owed to its...more

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How Should an Employer Keep Time For an Exempt Employee?

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Although it may seem counterintuitive that an employer should keep time for an exempt employee, there may be sound reasons at times for doing so.  In a recent case in California, Furry v. East Bay Publishing, LLC (January 4,...more

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Top 50 Workplace Law Stories Of 2018

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It’s hard to keep up with the news these days. It sometimes feels like you can’t step away from your phone, computer, or TV for more than an hour or so without a barrage of new information hitting the headlines—and you’re...more

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Appeasing The 3-Headed Monster For Incentive-Paid Employees

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Many California employers are familiar with the three-headed monster of medical leave questions: family medical leave (state and federal), disability leave and accommodation, and workers’ compensation leave. The wage and hour...more

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Welcome to the Holiday Season! Reminders for Hiring Seasonal Employees

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Last week, the Wall Street Journal reported that holiday season hiring started as early as June this year. If your company is one of the many that substantially increases its workforce for the holidays, keeping the following...more

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Japan Enacts New Overtime Rules To Prevent Death From Overwork

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In response to increasing media reports of “karoshi” (employee death due to overwork), Japan has made some major changes to its Labor Standards Act of 1947. Under a recent amendment to the Act, which goes into effect for...more

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Establishing FLSA-Compliant Practices In The Home Companionship And Home Care Industry

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It is hard to believe that it has been three years now since the federal Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) “companionship” exemption was strictly limited to direct-hire caregivers engaged in a narrower scope of activities,...more

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FLSA Questions After Hurricane Harvey

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Affected employers will have a variety of wage-hour questions in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. The number and scope of the issues raised might well be practically endless. Here we address in very general ways the federal...more

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