Careful — new OT rule could create 2 more landmines for employers
The DOL’s new overtime rule will likely cause lots of currently exempt employees to begrudgingly begin punching a time clock. This may lead to two unintended consequences.
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Learn MoreThe DOL’s new overtime rule will likely cause lots of currently exempt employees to begrudgingly begin punching a time clock. This may lead to two unintended consequences.
If higher-ups and managers at your company are resistant to the idea of employees telecommuting, they might be interested in the results of one company’s internal survey.
Following the NLRB’s recent ruling that Northwestern University football players are “employees” of the school, should they be paying taxes on their scholarship money?
While the Obama-era changes to the DOL overtime rule had been on life support for some time, a recent court ruling officially euthanized the controversial changes. That means HR pros can officially scrub the $47,476 salary threshold from their collective memories.
Does your organization have any nonexempt workers who travel? If so, a recent California court case could impact how they’re paid overtime, no matter what state the employees work in the most.
Many companies create employee appearance policies to improve customer relations. What happens when a worker says his religion won’t let him follow the new rules?
Can an employer require its employees to be clean shaven if workers wear facial hair for religious reasons? The situation gets even more complicated when workplace safety is involved.
The questions: Does the ADA Amendments Act cover accommodation requests made on or after Sep. 25, 2008, the day President Bush signed the act? Or does the act cover only requests filed on or after Jan. 1, 2009, the effective date written into the law?
Non-exempt employees who respond to work-related e-mails and text messages after-hours must be paid for their time. That’s the message in a recent federal court decision.
It’s been said that most firms are violating some form of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) — most without having any idea.
With a good portion of the country digging out from recent staggering snowfalls, it seems like a good time to review what rights and responsibilities employers have to employees who miss work because of inclement weather.
There are right ways and wrong ways to preside over a layoff. The right ways can get everyone through it with as little pain as possible. The wrong ways can get you sued.
Don’t feel bad if you have trouble understanding the pay-docking rules laid out by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The regs are pretty murky.
Employers who could be subject to the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) employer mandate penalties should be very interested in the latest move by the IRS.
The White House’s new health plan could lead to sweeping changes to reform — and one provision offers a ray of hope to employers.
Companies have already been found guilty of violating the new breastfeeding break rule implemented by the healthcare reform bill and have started receiving citations.
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