A few weeks ago, I blogged here about a federal agency — one that rhymes with EEOB — reaching a 7-figure settlement with its workers of alleged Fair Labor Standards Act overtime violations involving comp time. Last week, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion, in which it…
Oh, yeah? Tell me more. Let me tell you about a guy. A guy in charge of inflatable rats and staged funerals. Daniel Krupinski graduated from Berkeley. Armed with a bachelor’s degree in international business, he went to work for the Laborers Eastern Region Organizing Fund (LEROF), the organizing arm of the Laborers International Union…
In other words, don’t take your foot off the gas pedal preparing for the pending U.S. Department of Labor’s Overtime Rules. Either that, or clutch your pearls a little tighter. 11th-Hour Efforts. Speaking at the SHRM Lehigh Valley #HRLegalTrends – Annual October Two Day Conference yesterday, Lisa Horn, SHRM’s Director of Congressional Affairs…
Sorry, I couldn’t find “A 1.5 Milli.” Lil Wayne will have to do. Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor, the federal agency tasked with enforcing the Fair Labor Standards Act, agreed to pay $7 million dollars to settle wage-and-hour claims of many of its Washington, DC employees. Now, it seems that another…
…continue to prepare as if the U.S. Department of Labor’s new overtime rules will take effect on December 1, 2016, as scheduled. But what’s this lawsuit all about? Read on… Actually, it’s lawsuits, plural. That is, on Tuesday, 21 states filed this complaint against the DOL in a Texas federal…
In 2014, President Obama signed the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order. Folks like me on the management-side refer to this Order as the Blacklisting rules. In general terms (I’ll get a little more specific below), the Blacklisting rules require prospective federal contractors and subcontractors to disclose anything that may appear on…
There are 85 days left until the new U.S. Department of Labor overtime rules take effect. However, according the a recent report from Chris Opfer and Ben Penn at Bloomberg BNA (here; subscription required), the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is ready to sue. What might the lawsuit say? Under the new…
Wait, it’ll come to me…. Please be patient. It’ll come to me… It’s right there on the tip of my tongue. Maybe some music would help… No, I got nothin’. Bloomberg Law’s Ben Penn reports here (subscription required) that the U.S. Department of Labor has agreed to pay $7 million to…
We know from Friday’s post that 89% of you are federal wage and hour minimum-wage all-stars. To celebrate, and because I love each and every one of you, the least I could do is hook you up with the U.S. Department of Labor’s new Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Minimum…
Since July 24, 2009, the federal minimum wage for covered nonexempt employees has been $7.25 per hour. Many states and cities have raised that floor, with some cities, like Seattle, headed to $15/hr. But, federally, despite pressure from many to raise it, we’ve been stuck at a $7.25 minimum wage for over 7…