Tag: FLSA
Voluntary Study Time Isn’t Work Time, Says Labor Department
Hours Worked: Employee Entitled to Pay for Time Spent Attending Employer-Mandated Counseling Sessions; Practical Impact
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
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, […]
Exempt Employees: Feds Revise White-Collar Overtime Exemption Rules; What the New Standards Mean for California Employers
The Department of Labor recently issued final changes to the white-collar overtime exemption rules under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The new regulations take effect Aug. 23, 2004.