01/11/2010
Smart employers make sure that employees classified under the administrative exemption have the authority to make independent decisions.
01/07/2010
Rife Industrial Marine, a Nederland company that builds oil rigs, has agreed to pay $401,355 in back wages to 567 welders and laborers engaged in offshore construction. A DOL investigation found that the company incorrectly classified some pay as reimbursements for employee travel expenses and failed to pay overtime on those wages.