by Girish Anand | Aug 27, 2018 | DOL, Federal Labor Law, FLSA, WHD
The Wage and Hour Division (WHD) of the Department of Labor (DOL) has announced that in the upcoming weeks it will hold public listening sessions to gather views on the Part 541 white collar exemption regulations, often referred to as the “Overtime Rule.” Issued under...
by Girish Anand | Jul 19, 2018 | DOL, FLSA
Instructional materials, posters and guidebooks on the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and virtually every compliance issue a business could ever face are available in our online Digital Workplace Compliance Library, a vast and invaluable resource. You could be...
by Girish Anand | Jun 25, 2018 | FLSA
On Saturday, June 25, 1938, to avoid pocket vetoes nine days after Congress had adjourned, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed 121 bills. Among these bills was a landmark law in the nation’s social and economic development — the Fair Labor Standards Act...
by Girish Anand | May 9, 2018 | FLSA
When is a worker an employee and when is a worker an independent contractor? The California Supreme Court answered with verve in saying that a worker is an employee until definitively proven otherwise. In its recent Dynamex decision, the court ruled that a worker is...
by Girish Anand | Apr 30, 2018 | FLSA, Minimum Wage Law, Overtime Rules
It’s an issue that California has somewhat definitively solved, but one with which the nation’s courts have struggled: If your work requires you to sleep on the job, are you thereby eligible for minimum wage, if not overtime, during your non-waking hours?...
by Girish Anand | Apr 17, 2018 | FLSA, FMLA
In one of three opinion letters recently published by the Department of Labor (DOL), the agency addressed the issue of whether short rest breaks — in this case, taken for 15 minutes every hour for a serious health condition — are compensable under the Fair...
