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FAQ: Wage and Hour Risks of Paying COVID-19 Vaccine Incentives to Employees
Last week, President Biden announced a push to make all adults in the U.S. eligible for a coronavirus vaccine by…
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FLSA FAQs: Pay Agreements and Changing Employee Pay Rates
For many employers and employees, a new year means a review of pay levels and new agreements about pay going…
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DOL Proposes (Potentially Temporary) Independent Contractor vs. Employee Interpretations of FLSA
Since the Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division first announced its spring’s unified regulatory agenda, we have known that…
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Reclassifying Exempt Employees as Non-Exempt under the FLSA
We have discussed exempt and non-exempt classifications and related issues many times here. Normally, we talk about classifying non-exempt employees…
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DOL Updates Guidance on Family First Coronavirus Response Act Leave
Last week, we discussed the bulletin released late last Friday by the Department of Labor (DOL) announcing that the agency…
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July Brings DOL Forbearance on Liquidated Damages in Wage Claims, Investigations
Effective today, July 1, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is cutting employers a temporary break. As we discussed…
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Navigating the Coronavirus Unemployment / Return To Work Dilemma
I will be part of a Bloomberg Law panel tomorrow, May 13, entitled “Reopening During Coronavirus: What Employers Need to…
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State Appeals Court Clarifies Unlimited Paid Time Off Policies in California
COVID-19-induced challenges and the resulting work-life balance changes have cut into the time I have had available for posts, but…
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FLSA FAQ: The FLSA and Coronavirus: Paying Employees during the COVID-19 Outbreak while minimizing Wage and Hour Risk
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China is increasingly creating challenges for employers in the United…
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FLSA FAQs: Liquidated Damages and FLSA Non-Compliance
In our last post, we discussed what can happen if you do not pay the proper overtime premium to your…
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