Demystifying Wage and Hour Audits: One-on-One with Courtney McFate
New FLSA Notice Standard, DOL’s PAID Program, Axed Wage and Hour Penalties - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Nationwide FLSA Lawsuits Just Got Harder—Here’s Why - #WorkforceWednesday® - Employment Law This Week®
Understanding the New Overtime Tax Policies in the Big Beautiful Bill
Is the Four-Day Workweek Really a Benefit? What’s the Tea in L&E?
Constangy Clips Ep. 11 - Summer Interns and Short-Term Workers: 3 Tips for Managing Seasonal Hires
Navigating Contractor vs. Employee Classification
The Evolution of Equal Pay: Lessons From 9 to 5 — Hiring to Firing Podcast
Keeping Up with Exemption Threshold Regulations
Constangy Clips Ep. 6 - Federal Court Blocks DOL Rule: What Employers Need to Know
What's the Tea in L&E? DOL Drama: Court Vacates Overtime Expansion Rule
Employment Law Now VIII-154 - Court Invalidates DOL's 2024 Overtime Salary Threshold Increases
#WorkforceWednesday®: DOL Authority Challenged - Key Rulings on Overtime and Tip Credit - Employment Law This Week®
The Burr Broadcast: FLSA Overtime Exemption
What's the Tea in L&E? Alert: Salary Threshold for Exempt Employees Increases to $58,656
VIDEO: Major Changes Coming for Employers
#WorkforceWednesday: DOL’s Final Rule on Worker Classification, NLRB Joint-Employer Rule Challenged, SpaceX Sues NLRB - Employment Law This Week®
The Burr Broadcast: New Independent Contractor Rule
DE Under 3: US DOL's WHD Published Its “Employee or Independent Contractor” Classification Final Rule
The Burr Broadcast: Proposed Expanded Overtime Rule
The rules governing the employment relationship are always changing. Laws creating new employer obligations, technology solutions making work more efficient and more complicated, and rules governing the resolution of disputes...more
2023 has brought many updates and changes to the legal landscape. Our blog posts have covered many of them, but you may not remember (or care to remember) them. Before moving on to 2024, let’s take a moment to review our top...more
When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more
A federal court in Arizona recently rejected a defense for Arizona employers seeking to avoid liability for unpaid wages under the Arizona Wage Act (AWA). In Arrison v. Walmart, 2023 WL 4421425 (D. Ariz. July 10, 2023), the...more
Employers have had to quickly pivot in numerous ways to keep their workplaces operating since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. One such way the workplace changed is through the introduction of COVID-19 screening tests for...more
U.S. Department of Labor Publishes Proposed Rule on Independent Contractor Classification Under the Fair Labor Standards Act - On October 13, 2022, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a proposed rule updating the...more
Many employers looked to the Supreme Court last term for clarity in cases with a significant impact on the workplace. The justices continued to shape the employment law landscape by ruling on an array of issues involving...more
Time for Compliance in an Altered Work Environment - As companies continue settling into their new working environments—remote, hybrid, or fully back in the office—there remain a number of challenges that have stemmed...more
In the first reported decision we’ve seen addressing the issue head on, a federal district court in California dismissed a putative collective action claim under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) seeking payment for time...more
What employers often miss when calculating proper overtime is that they must include in the regular rate different kinds of supplemental payments that non-exempt people receive. If they do not, they are not paying properly. ...more
Host Leigh Tyson interviews Jon Yarbrough about what happened in 2021 in labor and employment law (spoiler alert: a lot!) and what we can expect in 2022....more
If your business employed 100 or more workers, chances are you spent a lot of time and effort understanding and preparing for the OSHA COVID-19 vaccine-or-test Emergency Temporary Standard....more
Takeaways - Litigants will ask the Court to rule on an array of matters growing out of the COVID-19 pandemic, beyond challenges to Biden administration’s vaccine policies. The preemption of state employment laws by...more
Note: On January 24, 2022, the DOL removed Fact Sheet #84 from its website. For more information please see our follow-up Alert. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued Fact Sheet #84 addressing the compensability...more
As 2021 winds down, our EntertainHR blog approaches its seven-year anniversary next month. Therefore, in homage of what not to do in the workplace (based on examples of from television, film, and other popular media) and in...more
President Biden Calls On Congress To Eliminate Subminimum Pay For Disabled Workers. The White House has called on Congress to eliminate a program under Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act that allows employers to...more
In this blog series, we’ll look at a variety of activities and discuss whether an employer has to pay its non-exempt (i.e., overtime-eligible) employees for their time spent engaging in them. We’ll focus on federal law, but...more
Recently, several of our clients have asked us whether they are required to compensate their employees for time spent going for the COVID-19 test. Fortunately, the United States Department of Labor ("USDOL") has issued...more
President Biden’s “Path Out of the Pandemic” action plan has left many employers wondering – what will happen next? Although there is more unknown than known at this point, Bodman’s Workplace Law Group has collected clients’...more
VIRGINIA’S “VACCINATION CZAR” TO BE FEATURED SPEAKER AT K&C SEMINAR - Earlier this year, Gov. Ralph Northam appointed the Director of the Richmond City Health District, Dr. Danny Avula, as Virginia’s “Vaccination Czar” in...more
Employers grappling with the many questions related to bringing employees back into the workplace safely in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic should pay close attention to the potential wage-and-hour risks attendant to doing...more
Employers who require employees to undergo mandatory security checks, health screenings, or similar pre- or post-shift activities take note: a growing number of courts have determined time spent waiting to undergo and...more
In Virginia, returning — or planning to return — to the physical workplace following the COVID-19 pandemic means ensuring employment practices comply with the Commonwealth’s significantly changing legal landscape...more
In light of the recent expanded access to COVID-19 vaccines, many employers have considered how to encourage their eligible workforce to voluntarily receive vaccinations in lieu of mandating vaccines in the workplace. One...more
The COVID-19 pandemic has been particularly difficult for the food and beverage industry. With stay-at-home orders, operational capacity restrictions, and indoor dining limitations imposed on restaurants and bars across most...more