Launched in 2014, Slack is the fastest growing business application in history. For those unfamiliar with this piece of technology, Slack is a cloud-based “team collabora...
Blogs tagged in wages/hours
Employees are volunteers if . . .
DOL Issues Guidance on Compensability of Company-Sponsored Volunteer Work
Does the adage “no good deed goes unpunished” apply to employers that fail to pay wages to hourly employees during volunteer events? Not necessarily, according to a recent U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Opinion Letter.
Paying Tipped Employees
U.S. DOL Offers Employers Relief From The ‘80/20’ Tip Credit Rule
In good news for employers, particularly those in the restaurant and hospitality industries, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently reissued a 2009 opinion letter that effectiv...
Why You Should Care About Employment Law
Common Pitfalls for Emerging Companies
Founders of emerging companies are often first-time employers and find themselves having to wade through the dense patchwork of state and federal labor and employment laws. This can be a confusing undertaking that often requires legal counsel. However, there are a few very common employment law pitfalls that all emerging com...
Workplace Christmas Quiz (this is legit and will secondarily eat up some time before you get to go home)
This blog was written by Robin Shea at Constangy, which authors our Model Policies and Forms for Georgia Employers and our New Jersey Human Resources Manual. You can find the original ...
2019 minimum wage chart
Squire Patton Boggs, the author of our Wages and Hours – An Employer's Guide, put together a minimum wage chart for pretty much everywhere and anywhere. The chart, along with lots of other good stuff, can be found in the book, which in turn can be found in this
Holiday stew – we all have our own recipe, but the base is almost always the same: booze, mistletoe and a generous pinch of unapproved time off. And be sure you don't have enough time to prepare or clean up. Join Gary Wheeler and Lori Mans for an hour as they provide the ingredients and know-how to help you salvage your holiday stew, including 1/2 half dry ...Holiday stew – ingredients for a happy and non-litigious holiday
Overtime, daylight savings time and circadian rhythyms
This blog was written by Maria Greco Danaher and Hera S. Arsen, Ph.D., at Ogletree Deakins, author of our Model Policies and Forms for Tennessee Employers. Ogletree also au...
401(k) plan + payroll provider = 401k good things
This blog is courtesy of Jennifer Ready at HK Finanical Services and the Iowa Association of Business and Industry (ABI) and can be found on the ABI website.
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Help hiring holiday help here
This blog was written by John Monroe and Kristina Griffin at FordHarrison, which authors our "Hiring, Firing and Discipline for Employers" and "
Eyes and Ears on the FLSA – U.S. Department of Labor Issues New Opinion Letters and Schedules Public Listening Sessions (US) By Jill Kirila and Shennan Harris On August 28, 2018, the Wage and Hour...Are the new DOL opinion letters like noses?
I've changed my name – to Optimus Prime
So say an employee, let's call him, for purposes of this exercise, Scott Edward Nall, walks into your office to let you know he has changed his name to Optimus Prime. Do you:
- snicker and ask him if his
Should you give your employees a little Slack – or do they have enough already?
Are Your Employees “Slackers”? How Employers Should Handle Slack—The Increasingly Popular Instant Messaging Application
Bet employers must make: call and raise your minimum wage
July 1 saw a number of states and localities raise the minimum wage, so our author Ogletree Deakins put together a chart for those of you who don't want to pass and go bust.
FYI – poker will be eligible for
If an employer is being audited by the US Department of Labor (DOL), there are several steps the employer can take to proactively prepare for and ultimately defend its practices: 1. Review immediately and react to the audit request. Carefully review the DOL’s audit request and promptly advise management and legal counsel. In certain circumstances,...The six step DOL audit polka
Non-exempt employees – what counts as wages?
This blog is an excerpt from our book Wages and Hours – An Employer's Guide by Jill S. Kirila, Meghan E. Hill and Shennan Harris at Squire Patton Boggs. For more information, go to the Products tab above and click on "Federal" to subscribe.
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), “wages” paid to an employee a...
Remote workers and the remote control
Remote workers and telecommuting
Millions of employees work during normal business hours from a home office with the support of computers, Internet, faxes, telephones, smartphones and tablets. From 2008 to 2014, the percent of employers allowing telecommuting on a regular basis rose from 23% to 38%. Telecommuting has and will continue to raise special wage a...
Punch clock
Dear @Littler: If we replace our punch-card timeclocks with a biometric system, are we obligated to provide a punch-proxy for employees?
Year-end or holiday incentives – you need to know the
Have your employees been going the extra mile lately? What if they’re clocking in the equivalent of a marathon in hours? If you’re looking over your timesheets and notice that your star employee racked up a whopping 55 hours last week, it’s time to get familiar with the legal requirements of overtime pay. You’re going to need to calculate overtime whether or not the h...Year-end or holiday incentives
It’s only a matter of overtime
