Q. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), do we have to define “full time” to mean 40 hours per week, or is that left to employers’ discretion? Can we maintain a 40-hour standard for wage and hour purposes, but have […]
Category: Wage and Hour Insights Blog
Last month, I wrote about the Obama Administration’s Presidential Memorandum to the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) instructing its Secretary to update regulations regarding overtime protection for workers under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the federal law that establishes […]
Obama Administration Expected to Expand Wage and Hour Protections, Disclosures for Federal Contractors’ Employees
April 7, 2014
Recently, we told you about President Obama’s Executive Order increasing the minimum wage for employees of federal contractors to $10.10 per hour. Tomorrow, President Obama is expected to announce that he will sign two new executive orders that will apply […]
In past Franczek Radelet Alerts and webinars, my colleagues and I have talked at length about the potential pitfalls for employers of background checks and the changes that the advent of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the resulting […]
Undocumented Worker Case Before California Supreme Court
April 3, 2014
The California Supreme Court has decided to hear a case that could impact the ability of undocumented workers to collect back wages or sue employers for discrimination in California, and may prove instructive in other courts that periodically have to […]
Seventh Circuit Takes Matters into Its Own Hands in FLSA Donning and Doffing Case (Part 2 of 2)
April 2, 2014
Yesterday, we discussed the first part of the Seventh Circuit’s recent decision in Mitchell v. JCG Industries penned by Judge Richard Posner. As discussed in yesterday’s post, in Mitchell, the Seventh Circuit affirmed a district court’s decision dismissing an FLSA […]
Seventh Circuit Gets (Maybe Too) Clever in FLSA Donning and Doffing Case (Part 1 of 2)
April 1, 2014
A few weeks ago on Twitter, I remarked on Mitchell v. JCG Industries, a case from the Seventh Circuit penned by Judge Richard Posner: 140 characters do not do this decision justice, though. Reading it reminded me of another case […]
FLSA Revisions Won’t be Quick or Easy
March 28, 2014
Recently on Twitter, I commented that revising the FLSA regulations won’t be quick or easy. Speaking of Twitter, if you’re not following @WageHourInsight yet, why not? I find lots of interesting tidbits every day that don’t make it here to […]