Bill Introduced To Stop FLSA Exemption Changes
Congressional Republicans have responded to the U.S. Labor Department's impending revisions of its much-discussed Fair Labor Standards Act Section 13(a)(1) exemption definitions by introducing...
View Article"The Online Exemption Checklist Says . . ."
Coming changes in at least some of the U.S. Labor Department's definitions for the federal Fair Labor Standards Act's Section 13(a)(1) "white collar" exemptions are leading employers to evaluate...
View ArticleReady For The Looming Exemption Changes?
The publication date for the U.S. Labor Department's revised federal Fair Labor Standards Act's Section 13(a)(1) "white collar" exemption definitions remains uncertain. But a growing consensus is that...
View ArticleA Salary "Credit" Is Already "Permitted"
The U.S. Labor Department's commentary regarding its proposed federal Fair Labor Standards Act Section 13(a)(1) exemption regulations said that it might "permit" employers to "count" or "credit"...
View ArticleSalary Threshold To Be Approximately $900?
According to Bloomberg BNA, reports are that the new minimum salary for the federal Fair Labor Standards Act's Section 13(a)(1) "white collar" exemptions will annualize to "about" $47,000.The actual...
View ArticleTwo Fluctuating-Workweek Variations
We have said for a while now that a "fluctuating workweek" pay plan might suit some employers' needs as to workers whom they will no longer treat as overtime-exempt in light of the U.S. Labor...
View ArticleUSDOL Releases Details On Exemption Revisions
At long last, the U.S. Labor Department has disclosed the details of its final revised regulations defining the executive, administrative, professional, "outside salesman", and derivative exemptions...
View ArticleDeep Dives And "Tip Pools"
Section 3(m) of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act allows a portion of a tipped employee's FLSA-required minimum wages to consist of tips. Unfortunately, it is all-too-common for employers to make...
View ArticleA Salary "Credit" Is Already "Permitted"
The U.S. Labor Department's commentary regarding its proposed federal Fair Labor Standards Act Section 13(a)(1) exemption regulations said that it might "permit" employers to "count" or "credit"...
View ArticleSalary Threshold To Be Approximately $900?
According to Bloomberg BNA, reports are that the new minimum salary for the federal Fair Labor Standards Act's Section 13(a)(1) "white collar" exemptions will annualize to "about" $47,000.
View ArticleTwo Fluctuating-Workweek Variations
We have said for a while now that a "fluctuating workweek" pay plan might suit some employers' needs as to workers whom they will no longer treat as overtime-exempt in light of the U.S. Labor...
View ArticleUSDOL Releases Details On Exemption Revisions
At long last, the U.S. Labor Department has disclosed the details of its final revised regulations defining the executive, administrative, professional, "outside salesman", and derivative exemptions...
View ArticleDeep Dives And "Tip Pools"
Section 3(m) of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act allows a portion of a tipped employee's FLSA-required minimum wages to consist of tips. Unfortunately, it is all-too-common for employers to make...
View Article"Exceptions Reporting" Timekeeping: Is It The Answer?
Is the U.S. Labor Department correct in suggesting that timekeeping can easily be accomplished via a "simple" timekeeping-by-exceptions system?
View Article"10% Credit" Approach Might Necessitate Timekeeping
One aspect of the U.S. Labor Department's revised compensation requirements for the federal Fair Labor Standards Act's Section 13(a)(1) "white collar" exemptions could mean that some employers will...
View Article"Nondiscretionary" Pay And The 90%/10% Approach
What will and will not count as "nondiscretionary" bonuses and incentive payments for purposes of the U.S. Labor Department's coming alternative 90%/10% approach to meeting the FLSA "white collar"...
View ArticleUSDOL's Tipped-Employee "Subminimum Wage" Fiction
There is no such thing as an FLSA "subminimum wage for tipped workers".
View ArticleFLSA's Civil Money Penalties To Increase
The U.S. Labor Department has issued an Interim Final Rule that will substantially increase the civil money penalties it can impose for certain violations of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act and...
View Article"White Collar" Exemption Changes: Keep Calm And Carry On
It seems unlikely that recent Congressional proposals will succeed in stopping, deferring, changing, or curtailing the enforcement of the U.S. Labor Department's coming increases in the minimum dollar...
View ArticleJob Descriptions Are Not "Exemption Descriptions"
Employers must steer clear of the misconception that job descriptions alone can "make" employees exempt under the FLSA's so-called "white collar" exemptions.
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