When doing more with less becomes an FLSA violation
If you’re like most firms, you’re asking both employees and managers to do more with less these days. But did you know that you could run afoul of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) by doing so? Here...
View ArticleAre you ready for a wage-and-hour audit? One may be on the horizon
You’ve no doubt heard about the recent surge in wage-and-hour lawsuits filed by employees who feel they’ve been cheated by their employer’s allegedly improper pay practices. A growing number of...
View ArticleWhat will FLSA’s new OT-exempt minimum salary be? Here’s a hint
By now you know there are some big changes coming to the FLSA. You’re just waiting for the details. Well, they’re starting to leak out of Washington — and they’re not as heavy-handed as some feared....
View ArticleFinally! The DOL’s finished revising the FLSA’s overtime rules
It has been a long, nervous year for the business community ever since President Obama ordered the DOL to revise the FLSA’s overtime exemption rules — to make more salaried workers overtime-eligible....
View ArticleWhy DOL’s new OT rules may not increase pay
The DOL has said it expects its new overtime exemption rule changes to make roughly 4.6 million workers eligible for OT, resulting in bigger paychecks. But is that really what’s going to happen? Talk...
View ArticleCardinal FLSA sin costs employer $18.3M in overtime case
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...
View ArticleWhat 94% of HR pros are doing to prepare for new OT regs
The DOL’s new overtime regs will make reviewing the classifications of exempt employees an absolute must for businesses everywhere. Luckily for most HR pros, this won’t be anything new. At least...
View ArticleDOL quietly drops big news on new overtime rules
The DOL’s been pretty quiet about what it’s doing behind the scenes about changing the overtime exemption rules and salary threshold. But it has finally spoken. This week, at the American Bar...
View ArticleDOL’s final overtime rule moves forward: What’s next?
Get ready: The DOL’s final rule revising the white-collar overtime exemption regulations has advanced. So employers now have a pretty good idea of when it’ll go into effect. The DOL just sent the...
View ArticleMeet the bill built to stop the overtime rule changes
Senate and House Republicans want the Obama administration to do a little more research before pushing through its changes to the FLSA’s white-collar overtime exemption regulations. Legislation has...
View Article11 remarkable overtime rule tips from DOL insider
Turns out there’s more to the FLSA’s overtime exemption rule changes (and salary threshold) than meets the eye. A former DOL administrator recently opened a lot of employers’ eyes with what she had to...
View ArticleExempt or non-exempt? That was the question in this lawsuit
A manager claimed she wasn’t an exempt executive under the FLSA, because she spent most of her time doing non-executive duties — like stocking and cleaning. Was she entitled to overtime? Irene Grace...
View ArticleBill to expand FLSA computer exemption in Senate
A bill was just introduced in the Senate that could make it easier to properly classify IT employees and others working with computers as exempt from overtime pay. Who would be covered under the...
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