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Beware automatic deductions for meal times

11/09/2017

Take note if you automatically deduct meal periods from your hourly employees’ total hours worked: Although those deductions don’t violate the Fair Labor Standards Act, they can be dangerous.

3rd Circuit confirms: Pay for short breaks

11/08/2017

When an employer in Pennsylvania revamped its break program by requiring workers to log out, it also decided the breaks would be unpaid. That flew in the face of decades of Department of Labor guidance—and provoked a lawsuit.

DOL appeals ruling that killed higher overtime salary threshold

10/31/2017

The Department of Labor has filed an appeal of a federal judge’s decision that blocked the Obama administration’s bid to raise the overtime salary threshold for white-collar workers.

Master compliance challenges that follow natural disasters

10/18/2017

Unless planned and executed properly, employers’ emergency procedures may run afoul of many federal, state and local employment laws.

Utz chips in $2.5 million to settle with drivers

10/12/2017

Snack food giant Utz Quality Foods has agreed to pay $2.5 million to almost 1,900 delivery drivers to resolve claims it failed to pay them overtime.

Federal court finally nixes Obama OT rules

10/10/2017

After much litigation and confusion, employers finally have an answer to whether they will have to comply with the overtime regulations the Obama administration intended to go into effect in December 2016. They don’t.

Health care in the crosshairs for wage-and-hour lawsuits

10/06/2017

Health care facilities are increasingly becoming targets of class-action wage-and-hour lawsuits. Alleging violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, several recent lawsuits in Texas have challenged timekeeping practices related to meal breaks.

HR services firm settles misclassification charges

10/03/2017

Zenefits FTW Insurance Services, an HR management software service based in San Francisco, has settled charges it misclassified 743 account executives and sales people as exempt from minimum wage protections. Workers in both California and Arizona were affected.

Emeryville, Calif. adopts minimum wage, paid sick leave regs

10/03/2017

Two years ago, Emeryville, Calif. passed its Minimum Wage, Paid Sick Leave, and Other Employment Standards Ordinance. Now the city manager has released the regulations implementing the ordinance.

Minneapolis minimum wage to reach $15 by 2024

09/26/2017

Employers that operate in Minneapolis will have to pay workers $15 per hour by July 1, 2024. The city council approved the new ordinance this summer, with the first increase taking effect Jan. 1, 2018.