If your payroll people have trouble understanding the pay-docking rules laid out by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), assure them they've got a lot of company. The regs are pretty murky. (more…)
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Judging by the outcome of this case, relying on the federal government for guidance in your pay practices could turn out to be very expensive. (more…)
To terminate FLSA accusations against it brought on by the DOL, oil and gas giant Halliburton Co. will shell out $18.3M. Its mistake is always No. 1 on every list ever assembled of things employers should not do when compensating salaried workers.…
It would be hard for any regulatory change to be as impactful as the passage of the Affordable Care Act. But the DOL’s impending changes to the overtime exemption rules may be exactly that. (more…)
Too much to do and not enough time to do it – nothing new about that claim for many employees. What is new: how much that might soon cost your company. (more…)
Better late than never? Maybe not, when it comes to the just released proposed rules changes to overtime eligibility. (more…)
The Obama administration is dead set on increasing overtime availability for workers. (more…)
Wondering what the DOL has up its sleeve for the remainder of 2014 – and how it’ll impact your Finance Department? Well, the agency recently offered a preview. (more…)
More Finance execs than ever see the use of independent contractors (ICs) as a smart business decision. (more…)
Finance chiefs are well aware that requiring employees to work more than 40 hours in a single workweek and then failing to pay them overtime is something that can get them in major legal trouble. (more…)
Not updating the employee handbook regularly is a mistake employers can’t afford to make. This document is employers’ first line of defense against litigation. (more…)
Ever since President Obama ordered the DOL to revamp the current overtime regs under the FLSA, finance chiefs have trying to find out what to expect. Here's an early glimpse into changes that are likely to come. (more…)
