On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 223-204 to pass the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013, which would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to permit employers to provide compensatory time off in lieu of monetary compensation for overtime hours worked. Presently, through the Federal Employees Flexible and…
** drops microphone, walks off stage ** Fine, I’ll play a quick encore. In a case decided yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court in Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk (opinion here) held that if a plaintiff who brings a claim under the Fair Labor Standards Act on behalf of herself and…
No body shots here; just a swift federal court kick to Coyote Ugly’s social-media jewels. You get the ice. I’ll pour a double and serve up the details after the jump… * * * Stewart v. CUS Nashville, LLC is a Fair Labor Standards Act action in which a bunch…
[brrrring brrrring] “Eric Meyer.” “Uh, yeah, Eric. I just learned that we’ve got facilities managers who have been working overtime ‘off the clock’ and….” “Off the clock, you said?” “Yeah, and instead of paying time-and-a-half—“ “Yes……” “We’ve been giving them banana boxes.” “Did you say, banana boxes?” “Yes.” “Hold please.”…
mmmmmmmmmmmmwah! What is the fluctuating workweek method of overtime compensation? Why is it no longer good in PA? And why should you care? I answer all of these hard-hitting questions — like a BOSS — after the jump… What is the fluctuating workweek overtime compensation method? If an employee is…
After seeing Fatboy Slim perform in a bubble at the Olympics Closing Ceremony, I had trouble falling asleep last night. I tossed. I turned. But, I eventually drifted off into a deep sleep; a wonderful slumber. I dreamt that the Third Circuit Court of Appeals decided two cases under the…
Sounds like a bad batch of Pennyroyal Tea. Just another Tuesday here at the ole Handbook. <div style=”text-align: right;”>The San Francisco Chronicle is reporting here that Courtney Love, Kurt Cobain’s widow, is reuniting the band ** thank you for sparing our ear holes ** being sued by a former assistant…
Last week, Pennsylvania’s Governor, Tom Corbett was presented with this bill that will allow hospitals and other medical care facilities in Pennsylvania to better control the scheduling of employees to control payment of overtime. Details after the jump… * * * The bill, which Gov. Corbett is expected to…
I heard that there was some Supreme Court decision yesterday about healthcare. Want the scoop? Google it. They zig, I’ll zag with the scoop on some other pending employment-law legislation of which employers should take note…after the jump… * * * Courtesy of the Washington DC Employment Law Update, pay…
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, a company must pay overtime to non-exempt employees who work over 40 hours in a particular workweek. Non-exempt, huh? That implies that the FLSA also contains various exemptions from overtime pay for employees who meet those requirements. Indeed it does. One of those exemptions…