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Walking Time: Toyota Offers $4.5 Million to Resolve Walking Time Dispute; Four Ways to Contain Costs
Rates of Pay: Court Says Pay Required for All Hours Worked—Even If Paycheck Still Averages Out to Minimum Wage
Retaliation: Can We Discipline Someone Who Is under an “Umbrella of Protection”?
Occasionally we have an employee we would like to discipline (or fire outright), but the employee has recently done something that leaves us open to a retaliation charge if we take action against them-like making a discrimination complaint, requesting FMLA leave, or talking to OSHA about safety issues. Right now, we have a manager who […]
Volunteers: Do You Have to Pay an Employee Who Does Volunteer Work for Your Organization?
Enforcement: DOL Collects $166 Million in Back Wages in 2005; Off-the-Clock Violators Beware
DOL Collected $166 Million for Employees in 2005
Last year, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division collected $166 million in back wages on behalf of 241,000 employees for employer violations of laws enforced by the division. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the federal wage-and- hour law, the division recovered a total of $134.2 million, including $119.4 million for […]
Tool of the Week: White-Collar Exemptions Report
Are you classifying your white-collar workers correctly? Are you sure? Getting it wrong can trigger costly penalties and fines. In our exclusive Special Report, “White-Collar Overtime Exemptions Are Revised–and Could Mean Higher OT Costs for You,” we explain what you need to know in light of the recent revisions to the FLSA. We also provide […]
News Notes: Employer Can’t Offset Paid Lunch Break Against Overtime Pay
Michael Ballaris filed a class action lawsuit claiming that his employer, Wacker Siltronic Corp. in Oregon, improperly subtracted “paid lunch” time payments from weekly overtime compensation. Wacker claimed the deductions were permissible because it wasn’t required to pay employees for their lunch period in the first place. But the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal, […]
News Notes: Public Employers Have Flexibility In Granting Comp-Time-Off Requests
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal has ruled that the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) permits government employers a reasonable time of up to one year to grant an employee’s request to use accrued compensatory time off. The court held that the FLSA grants government agencies flexibility in scheduling compensatory time off and […]