by Girish Anand | Apr 11, 2011 | DOL
In March 2010 the Department of Labor (DOL) issued an Administrator's Interpretation (AI) declaring that mortgage loan officers are hourly workers subject to overtime pay and not exempt employees on a salary or commission schedule. Just this past month, however, a...
by Girish Anand | Apr 8, 2011 | State Labor Law
The New York Wage Theft Prevention Act takes effect tomorrow, April 9, 2011, tasking employers with new record-keeping and wage notification mandates as well as increasing civil and criminal penalties for pay violations. Under the law, employers must notify employees...
by Girish Anand | Apr 5, 2011 | DOL
The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the Department of Labor (DOL) today published a Final Rule in the Federal Register to consolidate amendments and update the content of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938. These "clean-up regulations" take into...
by Girish Anand | Apr 4, 2011 | OSHA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently published its list of Top Ten Citations for 2010, with this explanation: "OSHA publishes this list to alert employers about these commonly cited standards so they can take steps to find and fix...
by Girish Anand | Apr 1, 2011 | OSHA
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), the wing of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) charged with workplace health issues, has come out with its list of objectives for Healthy People 2020, a program launched by the Department of Health...
