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DOL Appeals Overtime Rule Injunction: Webinar At Noon (MT) Today
By Mark Wiletsky On the very day that its final overtime rule was supposed to go into effect, the U.S. Department of Labor filed an appeal of last week’s preliminary injunction that temporarily halted...
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No Such Thing As A Free Lunch!
By Brad Cave Hundreds of hourly employees sued their former employer alleging that they were due additional overtime pay. They asserted that the company failed to include their $35 daily travel meal...
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Is Comp Time Coming To The Private Sector?
By Mark Wiletsky Employees in the private sector may have the option of earning compensatory time off in lieu of overtime pay for hours worked in excess of forty hours per week. The U.S. House of...
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Court Invalidates Overtime Rule That Increased Exempt Salary Levels
By Mark Wiletsky The Department of Labor (DOL) exceeded its authority when it doubled the minimum salary levels for exempt executive, professional, and administrative employees under the Fair Labor...
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Employer May Keep Tips As Long As Employees Are Paid Minimum Wage, According...
By Brad Cave By invalidating a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) regulation that states that tips are the property of employees, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals (whose opinions apply to Wyoming,...
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Draw Against Commissions: Keeping FLSA Minimum Wage and Overtime Violations...
By Mark Wiletsky Paying sales employees on a commission basis can achieve multiple goals. Salespersons have an incentive to increase sales to earn more money while the company sees higher revenues...
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Service Advisors Exempt From Overtime, Says Supreme Court
Brian Mumaugh by Brian Mumaugh In a 5-to-4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that service advisors at car dealerships are exempt from overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). In an...
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Salary History Cannot Justify Unequal Pay Between Men and Women, According to...
Dora Lane by Dora Lane The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this week that an employer cannot justify a pay difference between male and female employees performing equal work based on prior...
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DOL Launches “PAID” Program To Resolve Wage Violations
Brad Cave By Brad Cave Workers want to get paid, and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is offering a new way to help make sure they do. The DOL’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) recently launched the...
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U.S. DOL Eases Restriction on Tipped Employees
Katarina Harris By Katarina Harris Employers in the hospitality industry have long struggled to follow U.S. DOL guidance limiting circumstances under which they may take a “tip credit” toward their...
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