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8th Circuit slaps down DOL in FLSA case

08/08/2018
The Department of Labor has suffered a rare rebuke after it tried to press an employer to reveal information that might expand a Fair Labor Standards Act claim to cover related entities.

New tip rules: Prepare for a deep dive into the tip pool

08/06/2018
Employers have long been allowed to pay tipped employees less than the usual minimum wage. In some industries, tips have traditionally been pooled, so “back-of-the-house” staff can share in customers’ generosity. But the informality of tipping means it is a surprisingly complicated wage-and-hour issue.

Amarillo, Texas carniceria settles OT and child labor complaints

08/06/2018
Carniceria La Popular, a combination butcher shop, grocery store and restaurant in Amarillo, Texas, has agreed to settle charges it violated the Fair Labor Standards Act and child labor laws.

HR pros take note: You can be held personally liable for wage-and-hour violations

08/06/2018
Under the right (or wrong) circumstances, a relatively high-level employee may be held personally liable for a company’s failure to follow the overtime and minimum wage rules set out in the Fair Labor Standards Act.

Shapiro among officials pushing back against PAID

08/01/2018
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro is one of 11 state AGs who recently told Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta they have big problems with his agency’s new Payroll Audit Independent Determination program.

Bay-area IT firm agrees to H-1B visa settlement

07/30/2018
Cloudwick Technologies in Alameda County has settled allegations by the U.S. Department of Labor that it violated H-1B visa requirements when it paid workers much less than the law requires.

Department of Labor sues Minneapolis flooring company

07/24/2018
Minneapolis-based Luxury Floors Inc. and its chief executive officer face a U.S. Department of Labor lawsuit after investigators from the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division concluded the company broke the law by paying its workers straight time when they should have received overtime pay.

States push back against DOL’s PAID program

07/17/2018
There’s a lot for employers to like about the U.S. Department of Labor’s new Payroll Audit Independent Determination program—known as PAID. Some state officials aren’t so enthusiastic.

No official time records? Court will believe employees

07/13/2018
Employers that don’t keep track of hours worked may be in for a surprise if an employee quits and sues over alleged unpaid time.

Pennsylvania DLI proposal would more than double exempt threshold

07/10/2018
The Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry has submitted a proposed rule to amend the regulations that exempt executive, administrative and professional salaried workers from overtime requirements under Pennsylvania’s Minimum Wage Act of 1968.