Payroll
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FAQ: The Pay Period Leap Year Pitfalls
Recently, I heard from a reader who had a question about how the Pay Period Leap Year worked in practice.…
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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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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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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: Part 2
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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Final Wages: Paying Accrued Leave at Termination
Earlier this month, we discussed the range of issues that an employee departure can raise for employers. One of the…
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Paying Final Wages to Departing Employees
Happy New Year! I hope that 2020 is off to a good start for you! For me, this is the…
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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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Don’t Get Carried Away with the Pay Period Leap Year
Yesterday, we discussed the Pay Period Leap Year and what it means for employers. If your first weekly paychecks would…
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Preparing for the 2016 Pay Period Leap Year
Historical records show that at least twice in history, countries have observed February 30 on the calendar. Sweden added the…
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