Payroll
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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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DOL Delays Trump Administration’s Tip, Independent Contractor Rules
In September, we discussed the Department of Labor’s announcement of a then-proposed rule offering the agency’s interpretations of whether a worker…
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DOL Dumps Underused “PAID” Self-Reporting Program for FLSA Violations
Back in 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) debuted its “Payroll Audit Independent Determination” or…
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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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Lessons from the DOL’s Recovery of Backpay from Chick-Fil-A Franchisee for Improper Uniform Deductions
Last week, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced that it had secured over $12,000 in back wages for 184 employees…
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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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EEOC Pay Data Saga Ends (For Now), but was “Component 2” Ever an Answer to Systemic Pay Discrimination Issues?
This morning, my LinkedIn feed was full of messages and alerts about the end of the EEOC’s collection of pay…
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The New FLSA “Regular Rate” Clarifications: The TL;DR Version
Over the past week, we have taken a detailed look at the DOL’s new regulations affecting the calculation of the “regular…
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The New FLSA “Regular Rate” Clarifications: Part 3
On January 15, the DOL’s new regulations affecting the calculation of the “regular rate” of pay took effect, in an attempt to…
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