Wages & Hours

A couple tips on unemployment

02/12/2016

No do-overs on resignation reason … Employer deserves chance to fix problem

No pay for bathroom breaks costs Pa. firm $1.75M

02/06/2016

A federal court last month ordered a Pennsylvania media company to pay more than $1.75 million to 6,000 employees who were docked pay for bathroom breaks and other types of short breaks.

State workers’ minimum wage increasing to $15

02/04/2016

All New York state employees will make at least $15 per hour within six years, per the order of Gov. Andrew Cuomo. For workers in New York City, the rate will be in force by the end of 2018.

EEO-1 filings to require reporting employee pay

02/02/2016

The Obama administration is stepping up federal efforts to make corporate pay practices more transparent and spotlight discriminatory pay disparities.

DOL issues guidance on wage-and-hour liability for joint employers

02/01/2016

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Corpus Christi Citgo workers to be paid for briefing time

01/28/2016

Workers at Citgo’s Corpus Christi plant will receive a little more pay following a U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division investigation of the oil company’s shift-change policy.

Taqueria shells out $33,000 for wage-and-hour violations

01/28/2016

Taqueria La Herradura in Pharr, Texas, has paid more than $33,000 in damages to its kitchen staff following a U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division investigation.

Avoid the joint-employer perils of hiring temporary workers

01/27/2016

The Department of Labor has jumped on the National Labor Relations Board joint-employer bandwagon.

Most employers limiting raises to 3% this year

01/20/2016

A slim majority of employers—51%—say cost control is their primary compensation planning goal for 2016, after focusing more on talent retention in 2015. The result, according to Buck Consultants’ ninth annual Compensation Planning Survey: another year of stingy pay raises.

New rules: Minimum wage for piece-rate workers in California

01/15/2016

Under a law that took effect in January, piece-rate and commission-paid employees in California must receive at least the minimum wage. Piece-rate employees must also be paid at least the minimum wage for all time spent on tasks not specifically included in the piece rate.