Wage and Hour, Reduction in Hours, Employer Liability Issues

Managing employee costs in a changing business environment

Hogan Lovells on 9/5/2025

Introduction - At a time of global economic and geo-political uncertainty, employers need to understand their options for achieving financial savings while preserving business continuity and retaining their ability to...more

Weihnachtsgeld trotz Kurzarbeit?

McDermott Will & Schulte on 12/23/2021

Auswirkungen krisenbedingter Ausfallzeiten auf jährliche Sonderzahlungen Ende November 2021 hat das BAG entschieden, dass sich bei Kurarbeit „Null“ der Urlaubsanspruch zeitanteilig verringert (9 AZR 234/21). Der...more

Stepping In Where Unions Have Failed, NYC Council Imposes Just Cause Standard On Non-Union Employers

Genova Burns LLC on 9/8/2021

As our readers may be aware, in March 2021, New York City passed an ordinance requiring fast food employers to have just cause to discharge their employees, where discharge includes termination, constructive discharge,...more

Corona Pandemia & Partial Reduction of Activity in France

White & Case LLP on 3/30/2020

Partial Reduction of Activity (“Activité partielle”) - All companies whose activity is reduced due to the COVID-19 and in particular, those that are subject to an obligation to close down in application of the Decree of 14...more

Reducing Salary Costs Across the Globe – An Overview of COVID-19-Related Work Hour Reduction and Furlough Schemes

Orrick - Employment Law and Litigation on 3/30/2020

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to intensify and disrupt business across the globe, many international companies are facing the harsh reality of resorting to severe cost-saving measures to protect their financial health....more

How Downsizing or Restructuring Can Impact the Executive Overtime Exemption

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP on 8/25/2019

In recent months, we have had several situations where clients were assessed back wages for overtime relating to misclassification of managerial employees. Under 29 C.F.R. §541.104, employees eligible for the executive...more

Employer Facing Potential Liability For Allegedly Reducing Worker Hours To Avoid Affordable Care Act Penalties

Laner Muchin, Ltd. on 3/9/2016

The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) employer shared responsibility mandate requires large employers to offer certain minimum health coverage to substantially all of their full-time employees, or potentially pay significant...more

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