'Cell phone OT' lawsuit underscores big pay pitfall
Cell phones are extremely handy, and they can dramatically increase employee productivity. But if your employees use them after work hours, they could be a legal nightmare.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
$1.8 million lesson about OT exemptions
The rules on which employees are exempt from overtime may be complicated, but a recent court ruling highlights one simple fact:
$35 million lesson: Not all managers are exempt from OT
As all HR pros know, most managers don’t get paid overtime. But, as one company recently learned the hard way, not everyone with the title of “manager” is exempt.
12 high-impact fed rules that will affect HR in this year
Congress and various federal agencies are getting ready to enact a dozen new rules and procedures that will affect how you do your job.
12 high-impact fed rules that will affect HR this year
Congress and various federal agencies are enacting a dozen new rules and procedures that will affect how you do business in 2010.
13 Things You Need to Survive a DOL Audit
Do you have what it takes to make it through a retirement plan audit unscathed? A labor and employment law attorney has revealed the secrets to shrugging off the DOL’s compliance cops.
15 ways to avoid feds' independent contractor wrath
Working with independent contractors? Here are 15 ways to ensure you don’t end up as the next write-up on the Department of Labor’s website for misclassifying them as employees.
2 big pieces of news in the world of retirement planning
Two very interesting things happened in the world of retirement planning this week that employers will want to take note of.
2 interesting developments for DOL's overtime rule, injunction
Two very interesting things happened involving the DOL’s overtime rule while you were out of the office over the holidays.
2 tested ways to protect against FLSA snags
Hardly anyone can be certain about complying with all the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act relating to overtime and white-collar exemptions. But you can adopt good policies that protect your company from penalties if someone does make a compliance blunder.
3 awkward conversations DOL's new overtime rule will spark
Are you ready for the three most difficult conversations you’ve had in a while?
3 new rulings to guide your social-media policy
Good news for employers wrestling with social media use policies: The NLRB seems to be retreating from its aggressive stance on classifying employee Internet postings as “protected activity” under federal labor law.
4 FLSA amendments proposed in Congress
The Paycheck Fairness Act may have stalled in the Senate, but there’s no shortage of new bills before both houses of Congress that would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act.
4 FMLA errors the feds are finding during investigations
There are four aspects of the FMLA administrative process employers will want to double-check to make sure they have all buttoned up.
4 more rules the NLRB says to cut from your handbooks now
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has struck again in the name of protecting employees’ speech rights.
4 pitfalls that lead to employee misclassification
Doing one of these things to exempt employees will rub out their exempt status – and can make your company liable to pay them overtime compensation.
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