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Most of Minneapolis council supports $15 minimum wage

06/28/2017

Although no specific ordinance is before the Minneapolis city council, more than half its members have publicly stated they support a $15 an hour minimum wage.

Vehicle modifications could jeopardize Motor Carrier Act overtime exemption

06/28/2017

If you employ drivers and rely on the Motor Carrier Act to avoid paying those drivers overtime, be aware that any modification to vehicles that otherwise would fall under the law could so alter the vehicle that drivers are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act instead.

Queens contractor agrees to pay back wages, overtime

06/19/2017

Design Development NYC, a general contractor in Queens, has agreed to pay $726,989 in back wages, overtime and liquidated damages to 184 employees who had been misclassified in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.

‘Economic reality’ decides who’s an independent contractor, who’s an employee

06/19/2017

The more factors that show the workers are indeed in business for themselves, the more likely they should not be classified as employees, but as independent contractors instead.

Acosta: DOL to begin new round of OT rules revision

06/12/2017

Brace yourself for an epic do-over of the salary-threshold rules that determine which white-collar workers are eligible for overtime pay.

DOL pulls Obama-era wage & hour guidance

06/12/2017

The U.S. Department of Labor is pulling the plug on two pieces of informal guidance affecting independent contractor misclassification and joint employment that were issued during the Obama administration.

Bill would raise overtime threshold in California

06/06/2017

Assembly Member Tony Thurmond (D-Richmond) has proposed raising California’s overtime threshold to the higher of $3,956 per month ($47,472 annually) or twice the state’s minimum wage for executive, administrative and or professional employees.

Title alone doesn’t make someone a manager

06/06/2017

As far as the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and California’s wage-and-hour-laws are concerned, how you label a job is absolutely irrelevant to its genuine exempt/nonexempt status. Classification is based solely on the work the employee performs. Put simply, calling someone a manager doesn’t make him one.

DNC sued for unpaid OT

05/24/2017

More than 40 field organizers have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Democratic National Committee, alleging they weren’t paid for overtime hours they spent making phone calls and knocking on doors during Hillary Clinton’s 2016 presidential campaign.

Keep accurate pay records–or prepare for court to take employee’s word for it

05/16/2017

If you fail to keep tabs and the worker sues, it’s generally his word against yours as to how many hours per day and per week the employee worked. That can result in a big back-pay bill, especially if the court doubles the damages as permitted under both federal and state law.