Over the past couple of days, I’ve worked with clients who are addressing disciplinary issues for salaried employees. There seems to be a myth that salaried employees are subject to different procedures than an hourly employee. First, I want to dispel that myth. Just because an employee is...
On September 25, the United States Department of Labor issued a final regulation dealing with salary levels for overtime pay. This is the overtime rule. This is not the first time I’ve talked about this, there are other blog posts. But, those posts dealt with the Obama administration. The...
We have another payroll issue that has been discussed by other bloggers, and the Department of Labor has issued an opinion on this. Believe me, if you want a cure for insomnia reading the Department of Labor opinion letters is a great option. In order to avoid you...
The United States Department of Labor is at it again. On April 1, of all days (no, it’s not a joke), the Department of Labor issued a proposed rulemaking on joint employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act. First things first, what is a joint...
A couple of years ago, I freaked out some people when I started writing on changes made to overtime policies by the Department of Labor. After appropriately scaring everyone, it turned out that a federal judge in Texas gave several folks a big fat Christmas...
Colleges are beginning their spring semesters, summer will soon be upon us, and internships are still a common staple in education and business worlds. For businesses, there has been an extreme reluctance to engage in big internship programs because the U.S. Department of Labor had...
As I read through materials over the course of the week, some things hit me as something to be written about more in depth on this blog, but some just, while interesting, just don't make it to the "write more about" list. Here are some...