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Summer is over, kids are back in school, and parents (your hourly employees) are available again for more travel work. They may travel to meetings, job sites, and other locations regularly, occasionally, or once in a blue...more
For decades, the Department of Labor (DOL) has recognized the impracticability of requiring Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) nonexempt employees to clock in exactly at the beginning of their scheduled shifts. In most...more
On Sunday, November 6, 2022, at 2:00 a.m., daylight saving time will end. This World War I–era practice of turning back the clock one hour in the fall became a federal law in the United States when President Lyndon...more
California law generally requires that employers provide nonexempt employees an uninterrupted nonworking 30-minute meal period to begin before the end of the fifth hour of work. These requirements apply even if the employee...more
Background: Under California law, employers must provide non-exempt employees with one 30-minute meal period that begins no later than the end of the fifth hour of work and another 30-minute meal period that begins no...more
If there were ever a time for California employers to have in place meal period policies and timekeeping practices for non-exempt employees that are compliant with California law, now is the time. California law requires that...more
Earlier this year, became, for many of us, part of our “new normal.” And such arrangements are likely to continue in the future. With the number of new infections continuing to rise throughout the United States, many...more
The new year has brought many things, including an increased threshold for many employees classified as exempt. The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provides for limited exemptions from its timekeeping, minimum wage,...more
FLSA white-collar exemption rule has retail employers in the bulls-eye - The U.S. Department of Labor’s new rule regarding white-collar exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act has a lot of employers scrambling,...more
The Department of Labor has issued its final rule revising the overtime regulations for "white collar workers" and the rule goes into effect December 1, 2016 - just four months away. This webinar will explain the new rule,...more
A question I am frequently asked is how an employer should pay an hourly, non-exempt employee when that employee does not work exactly an 8 hour day. The answer is that the Department of Labor allows employers to round...more
Management need not keep hours-worked records for employees who qualify for one of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act's Section 13(a)(1) executive, administrative, professional, outside-sales, and derivative exemptions. 29...more
On May 2, 2016, the Ninth Circuit issued its decision in Corbin v. Time Warner Entertainment – Advance/Newhouse Partnership and affirmed the district court’s summary judgment in favor of employer, Time Warner...more
Q. We keep track of work hours for non-exempt employees using an electronic timekeeping system. For our exempt employees, we really have no records of how many hours they are working each day or week. Are we required to? Even...more
Employers must keep track of hours worked by hourly, non-exempt employees. Any timekeeping method is permitted, as long as it is complete and accurate. The need to track hours might appear obvious at first, but in reality,...more