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DOL seeks public input on how overtime rules should change

08/28/2018
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division will hold a series of public listening sessions in cities nationwide to gather views on possible revisions to the rules governing who is eligible to receive overtime pay.

DOL seeks public input on how overtime rules should change

08/28/2018
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division will hold a series of public listening sessions in cities nationwide to gather views on possible revisions to the rules governing who is eligible to receive overtime pay.

Failure to pay for drive time costs Bay Area company

08/27/2018
Bay Area Underpinning, a foundation repair company in Fairfield, will pay $62,672 to 16 employees after investigators discovered the company failed to pay employees for time they spent driving from their last worksite of the day back to the office.

8th Circuit slaps down DOL in FLSA case

08/08/2018
The Department of Labor has suffered a rare rebuke after it tried to press an employer to reveal information that might expand a Fair Labor Standards Act claim to cover related entities.

New tip rules: Prepare for a deep dive into the tip pool

08/06/2018
Employers have long been allowed to pay tipped employees less than the usual minimum wage. In some industries, tips have traditionally been pooled, so “back-of-the-house” staff can share in customers’ generosity. But the informality of tipping means it is a surprisingly complicated wage-and-hour issue.

Amarillo, Texas carniceria settles OT and child labor complaints

08/06/2018
Carniceria La Popular, a combination butcher shop, grocery store and restaurant in Amarillo, Texas, has agreed to settle charges it violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and child labor laws.

HR pros take note: You can be held personally liable for wage-and-hour violations

08/06/2018
Under the right (or wrong) circumstances, a relatively high-level employee may be held personally liable for a company’s failure to follow the overtime and minimum wage rules set out in the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Shapiro among officials pushing back against PAID

08/01/2018
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro is one of 11 state AGs who recently told Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta they have big problems with his agency’s new Payroll Audit Independent Determination program.

Bay-area IT firm agrees to H-1B visa settlement

07/30/2018
Cloudwick Technologies in Alameda County has settled allegations by the U.S. Department of Labor that it violated H-1B visa requirements when it paid workers much less than the law requires.

Department of Labor sues Minneapolis flooring company

07/24/2018
Minneapolis-based Luxury Floors Inc. and its chief executive officer face a U.S. Department of Labor lawsuit after investigators from the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division concluded the company broke the law by paying its workers straight time when they should have received overtime pay.