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How not to institute an arbitration clause

07/01/2007

In light of recent California appellate court decisions addressing the enforceability of arbitration agreements, many employers may consider having employees sign one of these contracts. First, consider the following case …

Kaiser Permanente settles overtime suit for $9 million

07/01/2007

Kaiser Foundation Health Plan recently paid $9 million to settle a class-action lawsuit alleging overtime violations. The mediated settlement …

UPS drivers win class-Action settlement for back meal-Break pay

07/01/2007

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California has approved an $87 million settlement in a case brought by former and current UPS drivers …

Who pays for employees’ uniforms?

07/01/2007

Q. Must a company pay for the cost of providing and maintaining workers’ uniforms?

When do employers have to pay employees for training time?

07/01/2007

Q. Occasionally, we offer in-house training and development programs for our employees. These programs are strictly voluntary and are not conducted during normal working hours. Our company has never paid employees for the time spent attending such training. Is this legal?

 

Travel time is work: ResCare faces class action

07/01/2007
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Altering employee time sheets can mean personal liability

07/01/2007

If you are responsible for approving time sheets or signing off on any alterations of the reported hours worked by employees, be warned. It’s not just your organization that risks a big fine and costly litigation.

Your personal assets are also at risk …

Fair Labor Standards Act: The basics of compliance

07/01/2007

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) sets strict rules for how you pay employees, including setting a minimum wage and overtime. The basic concept is straightforward …

Paying exempt employees for travel time

07/01/2007

Q. We sometimes send exempt employees to conferences. Do we have to pay for travel time? Can we voluntarily pay them extra if the travel time extends into the evening or weekend, or will that destroy their exempt status?

Overtime for drive to remote worksite?

07/01/2007

Q. We required three hourly employees to drive 15 hours to an out-of-state warehouse to do finishing work and only paid them for eight hours of straight time. They worked a 40 hour week, made the drive on a Saturday, worked in the warehouse Sunday through Wednesday, then made the 15-hour return drive on Thursday and reported to work on Friday. Someone at the Labor Department told me that since the drive extended past their regular workday, we were required to pay for 15 hours, and it probably should have been overtime. Is that correct?