by Girish Anand | Aug 19, 2012 | EEOC, NLRB
In a move parallel to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and its recent enforcement of Section 7 employee rights, the Buffalo field office of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has warned an employer that it is a "flagrant" violation...
by Girish Anand | Aug 16, 2012 | DOL, Federal Labor Law, FLSA, Minimum Wage Law
Speaking before the American Bar Association (ABA) at its annual conference this month, Solicitor M. Patricia Smith of the Department of Labor (DOL) said that investigations of employment arrangements that incorrectly classify people as independent contractors, or...
by Girish Anand | Aug 15, 2012 | DOL, FLSA, FMLA, WHD
The Department of Labor (DOL) and the courts themselves have generally hewed to the ruling in the 1982 case of Lynn's Food Stores, Inc. v. the United States that the "substantive rights" afforded by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) cannot be...
by Girish Anand | Aug 14, 2012 | DOL, Federal Labor Law, FLSA, WHD
According to just-released statistics, the number of wage-and-hour lawsuits based on the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) reached record heights in the year ending March 31, 2012, with a total of 7,064 filed, up from 7,006 in the same reporting period a year earlier....
by Girish Anand | Aug 13, 2012 | USCIS
The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has issued an e-mail advising employers to continue using the soon-to-expire Form I-9 in verifying the employment eligibility and right to work in the United States of new hires. Months back, the USCIS...