ImperfectTommy / Edmond Meinfelder [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia CommonsWhat’s better than a three-part series on wage-and-hour compliance? (Other than an apple cider tour with Ned Flanders.) Don’t answer that question! Ok, here’s the thing. Most of you are on vacation this July 4th week and won’t read this post.…
By Tehdog – Own work, CC0, Link “Uh, dude. It’s ‘moot,’ not ‘mute.’ You did go to law school, right?” Either way, on Tuesday, both the House and Senate put forth versions of the same bill called the Restoring Overtime Pay Act. Here is the House version, and here is…
Image Credit: Photofunia (http://photofunia.com/results/5cf79c07846d78c44a8b4599) Well, this just got interesting. Check out what Pennsylvania Attorney General Joshua Shapiro tweeted the other day: In March, the DOL indicated that it would raise the salary threshold to determine who would be eligible to collect overtime for working more than 40 hours in a…
By Source, Fair use, Link The Society for Human Resource Management has commented on the United States Department of Labor‘s proposed changes to the current overtime rules. Spoiler alert: SHRM likes ’em. Salary level. In case you need your recollection refreshed, back in March, the DOL indicated that it would…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/illustrations/oil-price-gas-station-news-fuel-990357/) I remember the time that the U.S. Department of Labor showed up unannounced to the Bloggerdome. It was yesterday. And, I’m pretty sure that the five-year-old ratted me out for paying my other three kids in Cheerios for installing a marble driveway. The driveway was a…
Image Credit: Pexels.com (https://www.pexels.com/photo/2018-alarm-clock-balance-business-612051/) Before all the Facebook creepiness, pukey-poopy emojis, and gushing over my awesome law firm, I foreshadowed some changes from the U.S. Department of Labor to the Fair Labor Standards Act overtime rules. Yesterday, the DOL put a ring on it and made it official. Here’s where I quote…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/vectors/alarm-clock-clock-retro-time-watch-146469/) Remember that f**king fire drill? Back in 2016, the United States Department of Labor proposed a rule that would have made millions of workers eligible to earn overtime for the first time by raising the salary-level that exempts certain individuals from overtime eligibility under the Fair Labor…
Copyright Free – Stock Free images. Public Domain image dedication. CC0 1.0 Universal Licence – http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ For nearly ten years, from September 1, 1997 through July 23, 2007, the federal minimum wage was $5.15 per hour. Three times in the following two years, the minimum wage rose, settling in at $7.25 per…
By Mikamote [CC BY-SA 3.0], from Wikimedia CommonsGenerally, if a wage and hour dispute arises in the workplace, the parties need approval from either the U.S. Department of Labor or a federal court to resolve claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act. When parties agree to resolve these claims as…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/autohaus-car-dealers-auto-sales-2138927/) Service Advisors at an auto dealership don’t get overtime They are salespeople, primarily engaged in servicing autos. A dictionary textual analysis It is all you need It’s wrong to construe FLSA exemptions narrowly. Really. That premise is flawed. The Ninth Circuit can pound sand, says the…