Wages & Hours

Camps, religious and nonprofit educational centers get FLSA break

09/21/2020

During the pandemic, many seasonal businesses have unexpectedly found themselves forced to comply with the FLSA. Now the Department of Labor is cutting those employers a much-needed break.

Audit duties, pay scales to ensure EPA compliance

09/17/2020

Ensure Equal Pay Act compliance by routinely reviewing all job descriptions for similarities between positions. Then check similar positions’ salary ranges for consistency and the sex of job incumbents.

Time, time again: Fall back on Nov. 1

09/16/2020

Don’t forget to turn your clocks back one hour to standard time at 2:00 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 1.

Prepare to pay for employee misclassification

09/10/2020

If you use independent contractors as part of your workforce, be sure to do it correctly. Erroneously classifying an employee as an independent contractor is likely to trigger an investigation by a state or federal agency.

Pandemic wreaks havoc on salesperson compensation

09/08/2020

New research from the WorldatWork total-rewards association suggests that professionals who sell for a living will come up short on meeting their 2020 sales goals.

DOL clarifies employers’ obligation to pay overtime

08/25/2020

The Department of Labor has issued a Field Assistance Bulletin which clarifies your duties to nonexempts and your obligation to pay those who work unauthorized overtime.

Pandemic makes dent in salary increase plans

08/20/2020

Even in the midst of marketplace uncertainties driven by the coronavirus, most organizations are sticking with plans to increase their salary budgets for the rest of 2020. However, some raises won’t be as big as originally planned.

Beyond job cuts, pandemic reducing take-home pay

07/28/2020

U.S. employers have cut the pay of at least 4 million U.S. workers since February.

Fevered worker sent home: Is that a paid day?

07/21/2020

One of the CDC’s main workplace suggestions during the pandemic is that employers should take employees’ temperatures each day and send home anyone who has a fever (100.4 degrees and above). But if you send workers home right after they arrive, must you pay them for that day? Depending on where a business is located, you may.

Back to work with higher pay! Or maybe less

07/02/2020

Employers that need to closely manage their labor budgets face challenging times. Many have had to raise wages to ensure adequate staffing. But more money isn’t a universal solution.