Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division / Public domain Near the end of last month, I blogged here about this Wage and Hour Division (WHD) Field Assistance Bulletin. The U.S. Department of Labor announced that, in most instances, it would no longer pursue pre-litigation liquidated damages arising out of…
Image by Jo_Johnston from Pixabay About a month ago, a hairstylist filed a COVID-19 class-action lawsuit in New Jersey. Her claims were the prototypical lowest-hanging fruit. That is, the plaintiffs allege that the employer withheld pay from employees once it abruptly closed its doors to the public due to the…
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay The wage-and-hour pendulum has once again shifted in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Nerdiest. Pendulum. Ever. Salary-level test changes. Back in October, I blogged about how Pennsylvania, yes Pennsylvania, had announced new overtime rules that are more generous than federal law. On January 1 of this…
Image by Hebi B. from Pixabay While you guys were watching the NFL playoffs yesterday, a little birdie told me that the U.S. Department of Labor had announced its final rule to update its joint-employer regulations. Here’s the skinny. The Fair Labor Standards Act requires covered employers to pay their…
Image by kalhh from Pixabay “Pardon me. But would you happen to have any Grey Poupon?” “But, of course.” That’s the conversation I imagine having with most of you based on the results of yesterday’s poll where I asked readers what your company has done to prepare for the new…
Image Credit: Pexels.com (https://www.pexels.com/photo/2018-alarm-clock-balance-business-612051/) Happy New Year, everyone. Or, as we employment law nerds say, ‘Day 2’ of the new overtime rule today. (Actually, no one says that except for this nerd.) As of January 1, 2020, a salaried employee must make at least $684 per week (equivalent to $35,568 per…
Image by 3D Animation Production Company from Pixabay Back in March, when I debated going on the lam after some completely innocent child labor wage-and-hour shenanigans, the United States Department of Labor announced that it was going to work on a new rule to clarify how companies calculate overtime for…
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay Where do we even begin? Oh, right… The minimum wage is going up! (The proposed overtime regulations are going down). With a big ‘ol tip of the cap to Adam Long, who scooped the news here at McNees’ Pennsylvania Labor & Employment Blog, the Pennsylvania…
After a Harry Potter tour behind-the-scenes, some additional London sightseeing, and a Premier League game, the Meyers have made it back to the United States. Unfortunately, since my body is still on Greenwich Mean Time, I’m typing this post at 5:30 in the morning local time. But, hey, my four…
At first glance, this recent National Labor Relations Board General Counsel Advice Memorandum, with all its redactions and such, seems hardly worth the trouble to parse through. But, that’s why they pay me the big bucks bupkis to blog and try to make something out of nothing. And I’ve done…