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Minimum Wage Wage Payment Worker Classification Overtime Featured General BusinessNovember 29, 2016by Stanton LawThe New FLSA Salary Threshold for Exempt Employees On Hold for Now: What Should Employers Do?

In case you hadn’t heard, on November 22, 2016, a federal judge prohibited the U.S. Department of Labor’s new regulation from taking effect on December 1, 2016. The regulations would have, but for the Court’s injunction, increased the salary threshold for exempt employees from $455 per week to $913 per week. The injunction applies in...

Wage Payment Worker Classification Benefits and Benefits Administration Fair Labor Standards Act Hiring and On-boarding Overtime Featured General Business UncategorizedNovember 15, 2016by Stanton LawThe New FLSA Salary Threshold for Exempt Employees: Are You Prepared for the Impending Changes?

Earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Labor published a new rule that will increase the salary requirements for “exempt” employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The time for complying with the new rule is just around the corner – the regulation goes into effect on December 1, 2016 regardless of the pending new...

Overtime Featured General BusinessMay 27, 2016by Stanton LawPreparing for Upcoming FLSA Changes: Will Your “Exempt” Employees Still Qualify?

On Wednesday, May 18, 2016, the U.S. Department of Labor published a new rule that will increase the salary requirements for “exempt” employees under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The regulation will go into effect on December 1, 2016, giving employers fewer than 200 days to prepare. What does this mean for you as an...

Minimum Wage Wage Payment Worker Classification Fair Labor Standards Act Overtime FeaturedNovember 24, 2015by Stanton LawFLSA Changes: Are You Ready?

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Minimum Wage Wage Payment Worker Classification HR Best Practices Fair Labor Standards Act Hiring and On-boarding Overtime FeaturedMarch 17, 2014by Stanton LawPresident Obama Targets “White Collar” Exemptions in Bid to Expand Overtime and Minimum Wage

Last Thursday, President Obama announced his directive to the Department of Labor to begin the process of revising federal regulations to expand the number of Americans eligible for overtime under Fair Labor Standards Act. He specifically targeted the “white collar” exemptions from overtime, including the administrative, executive, and professional exemptions. Currently, employers paying certain employees...

Minimum Wage Wage Payment HR Best Practices Fair Labor Standards Act OvertimeNovember 4, 2013by Stanton LawAutomatic Gratuities: New IRS Guidance Goes Into Effect January 2014

Beginning January 2014, the IRS will begin enforcing guidance it published in a June 2012 ruling classifying automatic gratuities on restaurant checks as service charges and not tips. Many restaurants include automatic gratuities on checks for large parties or in the event of special promotions or discounts (Groupon or Scoutmob deals, for example) to ensure...

Wage Payment Fair Labor Standards Act Overtime FeaturedJune 14, 2013by Stanton LawComp Time for Private Sector Employers: Not Yet, But Maybe Soon

The practice of awarding “comp time,” i.e. paid time off in lieu of wages for hours worked in excess of 40, is not currently permitted for private-sector employers. As the Fair Labor Standards Act is currently written, employers must pay employees wages at a rate of 1.5 times their regular rate for all hours over...

HR Best Practices Fair Labor Standards Act Overtime FeaturedFebruary 1, 2013by Stanton LawDrawing a Very Fine Line: Determining Creative Professional Exemption Status Under the FLSA

Who is an artist? For that matter, who gets to decide? These are existential questions rarely touched upon by folks who are not artists themselves. But if your business employs creative types, you, unfortunately, must also wade into this philosophical quagmire, at least for the purposes of determining whether the artist is entitled to overtime...

Minimum Wage Wage Payment HR Best Practices Fair Labor Standards Act Overtime Featured UncategorizedJuly 9, 2012by Stanton LawWhen is Travel Time Compensable?

A recent call from one of my favorite clients prompted this post. His question: I have non-exempt employees who travel internationally for business. They sit on the plane for a long time going to and from assignments. Do I have to pay them to watch in-flight movies? My answer: It depends. And the factors on...

Family & Medical Leave Act (FMLA)Worker Classification HR Best Practices Fair Labor Standards Act Immigration Overtime FeaturedJune 11, 2012by Stanton LawTouching on the Most Common Issues

Most employers are too busy with their day-to-day operations to expend much bandwidth wringing their hands over the nuances of employment-law compliance. With this in mind, take a quick look at a rundown of the four most common employment law issues we see in our practice. Simply knowing that these land mines are out there...

Wage Payment Interships Worker Classification HR Best Practices Fair Labor Standards Act Overtime FeaturedMarch 20, 2012by Stanton LawUnpaid Internships: No Panacea

Especially in these tough economic times, your company is looking to cut labor costs however it can. And if you can, at the same time do, a favor for a deserving young person looking to gain industry experience, all the better. An unpaid intern for your organization, then, would seem like a great idea, right? ...

Minimum Wage Wage Payment HR Best Practices Fair Labor Standards Act Overtime FeaturedFebruary 26, 2012by Stanton LawOverview of the Fair Labor Standards Act

The most common problem I’ve encountered since opening up my practice is employers who are not compensating their employees correctly. Unfortunately for these employers, wage and hour cases are big business for plaintiffs’ attorneys, and the Department of Labor loves making examples out of unsuspecting employers who are, in many cases, simply uninformed about the...

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