Month: January 2016
- FAQ
FLSA FAQ: Pay Wages Late, and You’ll Be The One a Dollar Short
Over the holidays, I read about a lawsuit against a now-shuttered Dallas hospital filed by a nurse who was among…
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The FLSA and Inclement Weather: Paying Employees During Weather-Related Shutdowns
Over the holidays, a number of areas of the country experienced severe weather, from blizzard conditions to thunderstorms and tornadoes.…
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Recent Indictment is Good Reminder that FLSA, Other Wage and Hour Laws Provide for Criminal Charges
We talk regularly about the DOL’s focus on misclassifications or the potential liability for unpaid overtime, but these are all civil penalties. Although…
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A Deeper Look at the Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division’s FY2015 Enforcement Statistics
Yesterday, we looked at statistics for FLSA lawsuits in federal courts during calendar year 2015. The Department of Labor’s Wage and…
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FLSA Minimum Wage, Overtime Lawsuits Set New Record in 2015, Filing Growth Continues
Welcome back! If you missed them over the holiday week, you will want to check out our series on 2016’s Pay…
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