Capitol Hill Cafeteria Employees Get $1M for Preshift Work
Employees working in U.S. Senate cafeterias will receive more than $1 million in back wages after a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) investigation found wage and hour violations.
Tag: DOL
Employees Working at Multiple Locations? It All Counts Toward Overtime, DOL Says
A recent settlement agreement between an employer and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) serves as a reminder that employers must consider all of an employee’s hours—regardless of where the work was performed—for overtime purposes.
Beware Minimum Wage Violations When Making Pay Deductions
A recent U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) enforcement action serves as a reminder that employers must ensure that wage deductions do not create minimum wage violations.
Adopt New FLSA Overtime Rules Before December Deadline, Former DOL Official Says
By Kate McGovern Tornone, Editor Employers should make any necessary changes to employees’ exemptions before the workweek that includes December 1, according to a former administrator of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD).
Supreme Court Says DOL Must Explain Exemption Regulations
By Kate McGovern Tornone, Editor The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) did not properly explain a regulatory change made in 2011, the U.S. Supreme Court has determined. The department issued regulations exempting car dealership “service advisors” from the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA’s) overtime requirements but those rules were not properly issued and therefore are […]
No Supreme Court Review of DOL’s FLSA Home Care Rule
By Kate McGovern Tornone, Editor The U.S. Supreme Court has chosen not to review the decision of the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals regarding U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) regulations that expand Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) protections for home care workers.
Do You Offer Paid Family Leave?
Yesterday’s Advisor took a look at how the slew of sick leave laws have left a new trend in their wake: paid family leave. Today we’ll look at the Department of Labor’s (DOL) plan to research this type of leave.
Snapshot—5 Key Points on DOL’s New Overtime Regulations
By BLR Legal Editor Susan Prince, JD, M.S.L. The federal Department of Labor’s (DOL) overtime regulations were updated and modernized in May 2016. December 1, 2016, is the effective date of these regulations. The alarming wave of Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) enforcement activity shows a distinct trend and emphasis on FLSA and compensation-related lawsuits […]
Employers praise injunction blocking new ‘persuader’ rule
An injunction blocking the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) new “persuader” rule is drawing praise from employer interests concerned that the new rule would stifle their efforts to respond to union organizing campaigns. The rule change was scheduled to take effect July 1, but a preliminary injunction issued June 27 prohibits enforcement pending final resolution […]
2016 SHRM Conference Hot Topics
The Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM) will be holding the largest HR conference in North America next week. SHRM 2016 Annual Conference & Exposition in D.C. will be covering the hottest HR topics of 2016. BLR is on top of these topics in publications like the one you receive daily. We’ve taken a look […]