Month: November 2015
- Compensation
FLSA FAQ: Paying Non-Exempt Employees for Attending Lectures, Training, and Meetings
Before Thanksgiving, we discussed when for profit, non-profit, and public sector employers may accept volunteer service from employees. One of…
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FLSA FAQ: Giving FLSA-Guilt-Free Thanksgiving Turkeys and Other Holiday Gifts to Employees
For readers in the U.S., tomorrow is Thanksgiving and the start of a long holiday weekend for many of us.…
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Volunteers and the FLSA: When Public Sector Employers Must Pay for Volunteer Work
Last week, we discussed the rules governing when for-profit, private sector and non-profit employers could accept “volunteer” services. Private sector employers have very…
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Volunteers and the FLSA: When Non-Profit Employers Must Pay for Volunteer Work
In yesterday’s post, we discussed the rules governing when for-profit, private sector employers can accept “volunteer” services. In short, the…
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Volunteers and the FLSA: When Employers Must Pay for Volunteer Work
Earlier this week, a reader commented on our Integrity Staffing discussion with this question: If an employee-who normally processes insurance claims-volunteered…
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FLSA FAQ: The “Starter” Minimum Wage Already Exists, But Isn’t Very Useful
Two topics that we have heard quite a bit about during all of the GOP debates so far are immigration…
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Congress Repeals FLSA Provision, Immigration Battle Heads to Supreme Court
Earlier this week, we discussed the important amendment to the transportation bill that would clarify that federal law preempts certain…
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New Federal Transportation Bill May Bring Meal and Rest Break Relief to Employers
UPDATE: Amendment 783 was cut out of the final bill in conference. As you may have heard, the House has passed…
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Outside the Box Compensation: Paying for a GED
I don’t post on the weekend very often, but I wanted to pass along a recent story in the Washington Post.…
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What the DOL’s Possible Delay of New Overtime Rules Means for Employers
Undoubtedly the hottest topic in Fair Labor Standards Act and wage and hour law has been the Department of Labor’s…
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