Guest Author: Lindsey Marcus Some good news for employers. In a recent 5-4 opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court held that collective-action claims brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) are moot when the named plaintiff has no continuing personal […]
Obama Nominates New Labor Secretary
March 18, 2013
This morning, President Obama formally nominated Thomas Perez to be the next Secretary of the Department of Labor. Mr. Perez, an assistant U.S. Attorney General, will replace outgoing Secretary Hilda Solis. Mr. Perez’s nomination is widely supported by the labor […]
What Do You Mean I Have To Pay My Nanny Overtime?!
January 31, 2013
As a working mom, I am lucky to have a husband who is a stay-at-home parent. Rarely do I have to worry about being late to work because I have to drop my child off at school, or leaving work […]
DOL’s Misclassification Initiative Continues
January 18, 2013
Iowa is the latest State to sign a Memorandum of Understanding and join forces with the U.S. Department of Labor to combat employee misclassification. Although Labor Secretary Solis has announced her resignation, it appears that the Misclassification Initiative that she […]
Minimum Wage Increases in 2013
January 14, 2013
With the New Year comes a minimum wage increase in 10 states: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Missouri, Montana, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington. Each of these states has a higher minimum wage rate than the federal minimum of $7.25/hour. […]
Don’t Forget to Include Non-Discretionary Bonuses in Overtime
December 10, 2012
As 2012 comes to a close, we inevitably receive questions related to year-end bonuses. Last year, I posted about whether employers were required to pay a pro-rata bonus to those employees who left their employment before the bonus was paid […]
Compensating Non-Exempt Employees Webcast
November 6, 2012
Some of the most common questions we receive from clients involve how to properly compensate non-exempt employees. Join me on Thursday, November 29, 2012, at 11:00 a.m. CST, for a two-hour live webcast entitled “Understanding FLSA’s Compensable Time Requirements for […]
Properly Prorating Salary for Exempt Employees
November 5, 2012
If you are a regular reader of this blog, you are hopefully familiar by now with the notion that exempt employees generally must be paid their full weekly salary for all workweeks in which they perform any work. There are […]