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Navigating the Intersection of Telecommuting and Wage-and-Hour Law
Telecommuting — Perk, Convenience, and Potential Legal Minefield
Many employers offer their employees the opportunity to work from home on either a regular or temporary basis. While the flexibility of a telecommuting arrangement can benefit both the employer and the employee, allowing a nonexempt employee to work at home can lead to a minefield of wage [...]
Trucks and Guns: An Employment Law Fable, Part I (Overtime for Truck Drivers)
This truck driver walks into a truck stop.
He’s there for a meeting with an HR manager from his company’s regional office to discuss why he’s not paid overtime.
The manager, who was on his way home from his office, explains it’s because he drives in interstate commerce, and federal overtime law exempts such drivers.
The driver says [...]
Employers Beware: Costly Overtime Suits Big Trend
On this Blawg, we’ve talked about overtime law and the risks of overtime litigation before (see links below).
Nothing has changed, but the trend of increased litigation and expensive settlements in this area of employment law continues. As big overtime settlements draw attention from lawyers and employees alike, expect this trend to continue its acceleration.
More [...]
Three reference sites — for general HR, overtime rules, and technology policies
The only common thread here is that these are three sites you may want to explore and bookmark, as they look to be full of helpful content.
I’ve added them to my custom search engine.
(1) AllBusiness bills itself as “the one-stop resource for growing businesses.”
Its site includes a Human Resources page, with links to [...]
Think You Understand Overtime Laws? Try This Quiz To See!
The new overtime regulations contine to perplex HR managers, and I believe it is always good to test your knowledge.
Now, HrHero.com has provided a nice, but SHORT, quiz, along with the anwers and explanations for you to take.
To take this quiz:
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Multi-Million Dollar Overtime Compensation Settlement
Swiss financial services giant UBS AG has settled class action suits by financial advisers and trainees for that position who claimed they were unlawfully treated as exempt from overtime pay.
UBS said it will pay as much as $89 million to resolve the suits at the federal and state level “because it did not believe [...]
More on Minutes Adding Up Under Recent Supreme Court Fair Labor Standards Act Case
In an earlier post, “Those Minutes Add Up: Recent Supreme Court Case Highlights Fair Labor Standards Act Compliance,” I said that although many employers do not confront the specific safety gear issue involved in that Fair Labor Standards Act case, “unaffected employers still can learn something from this decision.”
An article in SHRM Online (members only) [...]
Those Minutes Add Up: Recent Supreme Court Case Highlights Fair Labor Standards Act Compliance
Earlier this month, the Supreme Court unanimously held that under the Fair Labor Standards Act (”FLSA”) time spent walking to and from the production floor after putting on specialized safety gear or clothing was required to be counted as time worked.
IBP, Inc. v. Alvarez [.pdf], No. 03-1238 (November 8, 2005).
Similarly, time spent waiting before [...]
Previewing Employment Cases on Supreme Court Docket
The Supreme Court opened its term with an employment case. On October 3, it heard argument about whether a worker at a meat processing plant is entitled to be paid for the time she spends each day putting on and removing 10 pounds of protective equipment.
“The regulations in this area are somewhat confusing,” says [...]
