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Wage and Hour Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Mobile Devices

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

On-Call Time Not Compensable if Employee Not Restricted

In the days before cellphones, employees required to remain on-call for work were generally entitled to compensation for time spent at home waiting for the landline to ring. Given the ubiquity of mobile communication...more

Fisher Phillips

Web Exclusive: Should Employees Receive Compensation For Off-The-Clock Cell Phone Use?

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You might hate to admit it, but it’s true: mobile devices are the adult version of a toddler’s teddy bear. They give us comfort and a sense of belonging. We carry them everywhere and traveling without them makes us feel like...more

Littler

2016 Executive Employer Survey Report

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The fifth annual report examines the legal, economic and social issues having the greatest impact on the workplace, based on survey responses from more than 800 in-house counsel, human resources professionals and C-suite...more

Franczek P.C.

City Not Liable For Chicago Police Officers' Blackberry Work Time

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If a tree falls in the forest but there is no one around to hear, does it make a sound? If a non-exempt worker answers an e-mail message after hours on her Blackberry but fails to put in for overtime, has she performed...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Wage and Hour Division Seeks Information on Smartphones’ Impact on Hours Worked

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In the Department of Labor’s regulatory agenda for Spring 2015, the Wage & Hour Division announced a request for information (RFI) regarding “the use of technology, including portable electronic devices, by employees away...more

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