One Step Closer to Comp Time

Just last week, after passing the House, the Senate received the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2017.  This Act would change the Fair Labor Standards Act to allow private-sector employers the ability to offer employees the use of “Comp Time”. The public-sector...
DOL Salary Exempt Status Changes

DOL Salary Exempt Status Changes

Have you seen the recent proposal from the Department of Labor to change the regulations on salaried exempt employees? What would this change mean for you as an employer? This would have a large impact on the way that you determine which employees are salaried or...

New Tool for Calculating Overtime Pay

 The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has released its latest Advisorto help employers and workers understand and calculate overtime pay. One of Department’s most asked about employment laws is the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The FLSA Suite of elaws Advisors help...

Overtime Claims rejected by U.S. Supreme Court

On June 18, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in favor of SmithKline Beecham Corporation in a groundbreaking FLSA overtime compensation case that will most likely affect many small businesses.  The case brought by Michael Christopher & Frank Buchanan...

Is Overtime Bad for Employee Health?

The Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine recently tested the health and safety effects of working longer hours. The results of a recent study conducted by the Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine show no evidence that overtime work...
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