Minimum Wage, Over-Time, Child Labor

Tips for Staying Legally Compliant in Summertime Hiring

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart,... on 5/12/2025

As many employers are hiring summer staff, now is a good time to brush up on new developments in child labor, wage and hour, and workplace safety laws. These legal compliance matters may be particularly relevant to employers...more

Avoiding Costly FLSA Misclassification Errors

Rumberger | Kirk on 3/22/2023

FLSA Audits Can Help Employers Avoid or Minimize the Impact of Misclassification Claims - The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is one of the oldest employment laws in existence. At the most basic level, the FLSA requires...more

ABCs of Employment Law: The Fair Labor Standards Act (minimum wage)

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 7/8/2022

NOTE FROM ROBIN: In March, I began a series of very basic explanations of the federal laws that govern the workplace. The first installment covered discrimination in general, the second installment covered religious...more

Restaurant Employment Law Compliance Checklist: 12 Employment Topics Every Restaurant Company Should Consider Before 2020

FordHarrison on 7/8/2019

Executive Summary: As summer is now in full swing, we find it timely to distribute our Restaurant Employment Law Compliance Checklist. The following 12 topics create compliance challenges in the restaurant industry –...more

A Cost Of Getting "Caught" - FLSA Civil Money Penalties

Fisher Phillips on 1/28/2019

This week the U.S. Department of Labor published increases in the civil money penalties (CMPs) it can impose for certain violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. These new levels apply to any penalties assessed...more

FLSA Penalties Increase

Fisher Phillips on 1/5/2018

This week the U.S. Department of Labor published increases in the civil money penalties it can impose for certain violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. These new levels, approximately 2% higher than those...more

California Legislative Update: Which Bills Made the Final Cut?

Littler on 10/4/2016

Although the California Legislature sent Governor Jerry Brown bills on bed bugs, powdered alcohol, and making denim the official state fabric, the laws enacted in 2016 affecting the state’s private-sector employers were...more

California Legislative Update: Heading Into The 2016 Session's Final Month

Littler on 7/27/2016

The California Legislature will return from its July recess on August 1, and will devote that month to final consideration of legislation for 2016. The session has entered a somewhat anticlimactic stage for employment...more

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