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The CDC has a new vaccine communication COVID-19 toolkit. Plus, President Biden proposes even MORE employment law changes. 😱

Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay Last week, I shared with you eight ways that President Biden changed employment law on Day One. It took me a while to cobble together that post. So, I was kind of hoping that “46” would take a few days off or something so that…

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President-Elect Biden published his first HR compliance wish list. (And you won’t believe No. 3!)

Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons I always click on those “And you won’t believe No…” posts. How about you? But, seriously, last week, President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team announced his American Rescue Plan through which he plans to “change the…

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What’s the big difference between an independent contractor and an employee anyway?

Tug of War by Creative Mania from the Noun Project Sam spent 60 hours working on a project for your company last week, for which the business paid Sam $1,000. The company treated Sam as an independent contractor. But, what if Sam was actually an employee instead? The problem with…

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Here’s how to compensate employees that split their day between the office and telework

Image by Carlos Insignares from Pixabay Let’s say that some of your non-exempt employees choose to telework for part of the day and work at the office for part of the day, with enough time to perform personal tasks in between. Do you have to compensate them for the travel…

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Heads up! The DOL wants new rules for tipped employees, including tip pools with the back of the house.

Nan Palmero from San Antonio, TX, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons If you operate a restaurant or other establishment with tipped employees, the odds are that wage and hour laws have not been your top priority in 2020 — as opposed to, say, staying afloat. It’s been a…

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Besides adorable bunny rabbits, what’s the least political thing that we can talk about today?

Image by Rebekka D from Pixabay How about the two new wage and hour opinion letters that the U.S. Department of Labor issued yesterday on esoteric Fair Labor Standards Act issues?  Here they are: FLSA2020-15: Addressing the compensability of time that employees spend attending voluntary training programs in certain situations.…

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One HR lesson from two exotic dancers on misclassifying employees as independent contractors.

Lantay77 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons It’s getting hot in herrrrrrrrrrrrre! Well, tepid. It’s an employment law blog, after all. A strip club in Ohio employed two women for several months. Let’s call them, oh, I dunno, “plaintiffs.” During their time working for the club, the plaintiffs…

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“Salt Bae” employees complaining about tips are cooking up some new federal claims

Terron F.Beckham, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Restauranteur Nusret Gökçe became an internet sensation a few years ago. Basically, he’s famous because he did this. And he’s easy on the eyes. Hence, the nickname “Salt Bae.” According to Wikipedia, Mr. Gökçe has cashed in on his popularity and fame…

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Why countersuing an employee can be a recipe for disaster!

Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Rarely — and by “rarely,” I mean usually — I’ll have an employer client ask me about countersuing an employee that has just sued the company. First, you’re probably just throwing good money after bad. But, I generally don’t debate this with my more…