Off-the-Clock
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Police Officers’ Off-the-Clock BlackBerry Use Suit Carries Lessons for All Employers
Last week, a federal judge in the Northern District of Illinois ruled against a group of Chicago police officers who…
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FLSA FAQ: Properly Compensating Employees for On Call Time
Recently, we discussed the issue of a call center employer who took deductions for employees’ “idle time” while on duty,…
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Waiting to Exhale: When to Pay Employees for “Idle Time”
Recently, we discussed the issue of a call center employer who took deductions for employees’ “idle time” while on duty,…
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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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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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Playing with FLSA Fire: Lawsuit over Call Center’s Aggressive “Idle Time” Deductions Proceeds
Recently, the federal district court in Minnesota allowed a collective action filed by call center employees to proceed in an…
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Pre-Shift Safety Meetings Not Compensable Under FLSA After Integrity Staffing, Says Court
We seem to have talked quite a bit lately about the Supreme Court’s interpretation of “integral and indispensable” activities under the Portal-to-Portal…
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FLSA FAQ: Commuting in an Employer-Provided Vehicle
In the second installment of this “employee travel” series yesterday, I outlined the somewhat nebulous standard of a “normal” commute under the…
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