HR Daily Advisor

MARCH 1, 2018

During the furlough, these federal employees may apply for state unemployment compensation benefits, but many states require a 1-week waiting period on benefits and if the employees are compensated retroactively after the shutdown ends, they would have to pay back the unemployment compensation payments received. Prince, J.D.,

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HR Daily Advisor

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Determining exactly what constitutes hours worked is essential in determining an employee’s compensation and compliance with both minimum wage and overtime requirements of the act. is a Legal Editor for BLR’s human resources and employment law publications. Prince received her law degree from Vermont Law School.

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HR Daily Advisor

JULY 25, 2017

is a Legal Editor for BLR’s human resources and employment law publications. Prince also served as an expert on several audio conferences discussing the 2004 changes to the federal regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Prince received her law degree from Vermont Law School. Prince, J.D.,

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HR Daily Advisor

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Unlike most other federal employment laws, employers do not need to employ a threshold number of employees to be covered. Instead, specific criteria are applied that are different for public and private employers. Private Employers. Most employers will meet those criteria. Prince, J.D.,

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Business Management Daily

SEPTEMBER 24, 2019

The new threshold represents a 50% increase over the current threshold of $23,660, which was established in 2004. Raises the total annual compensation requirement for “highly compensated employees” from the currently enforced level of $100,000 per year to $107,432 per year. million more Americans eligible for overtime pay.

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HR Daily Advisor

MARCH 21, 2017

Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) employers must pay overtime to employees who work in excess of 40 hours per week. However, FLSA regulations exempt certain salaried employees from the overtime pay laws if: The employees are paid on a “salary basis” and receive at least a prescribed minimum salary; and.

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HR Daily Advisor

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

A California auto detail business required its employees to work for at least 1 year before earning vacation. The trial court dismissed the lawsuit because the company’s written policy unambiguously and lawfully stated that employees did not earn vacation during the first year of employment.

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HR Daily Advisor

JANUARY 18, 2017

Circuit Court of Appeals—which covers Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas—has joined at least two other circuits that have held that an employer may have to shell out extra damages when it retaliates against a complaining employee, causing difficulties such as “sleeplessness, anxiety, stress, marital problems, and humiliation.”.

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HR Morning

JUNE 24, 2016

In front of a packed room filled with more than 1,000 HR professionals at the SHRM16 Annual Conference & Exposition , the former administrator of the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division, Tammy McCutchen , surprised a lot of attendees with her insights on the rule changes. In that case, exempt employees must be paid at least $821.70

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HR Daily Advisor

MAY 2, 2017

The child labor provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) prohibit employers from hiring minors (individuals under the age of 18) to work at dangerous occupations, for an excessive number of hours, and at unsuitable times of the day or night. Child Labor Laws Are Strict and Detailed. But, the U.S. Prince, J.D.,

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HR Daily Advisor

JUNE 14, 2017

Employers may not avoid minimum wage and requirements by having the employee reimburse the employer in cash for the cost of such items in lieu of deducting the cost from the employee’s wages. The following items may be deducted from pay, but the resulting wage must be at least the federal minimum wage : Cash shortages.

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HR Daily Advisor

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

In San Francisco, employers covered by the law are required to provide new employees with a good faith written estimate of the minimum number of scheduled shifts per month, as well as the days and hours of those shifts. Schedules can be posted or provided electronically if employees are given access to the electronic schedules at work.

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HRIS Payroll Software

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The new rules will replace the legislation that has been in effect since 2004 and will potentially affect about 4.2 Since the new legislation may be difficult for some small businesses to conform to, businesses that make under $500,000 in annual revenues will not have to comply with the new rules at this time. million workers.

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HR Daily Advisor

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Hours worked can also include waiting time; travel time, other than time spent commuting to and from the employee’s regular place of work; breaks or meal periods that are less than 20 minutes long; and time the employee is required to spend in training, at seminars, or in meetings. Prince received her law degree from Vermont Law School.

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Business Management Daily

MAY 4, 2020

Employers were covered if they employed 50 or more employees in a 75-mile radius. The law covered employees with one year on the job. To qualify for the leave, employees had to have worked at least 1,250 hours in the previous year. Like regular FMLA leave , this was capped at 12 weeks per year. The move toward paid leave.

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HR Daily Advisor

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Determining exactly what constitutes hours worked is essential in determining an employee’s compensation and compliance with both minimum wage and overtime requirements of the act. is a Legal Editor for BLR’s human resources and employment law publications. Prince received her law degree from Vermont Law School.

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Namely

DECEMBER 1, 2016

Panelists included Nick Sanchez , Chief People Officer at Namely and Miriam Edelstein , an Associate at ReedSmith LLP. Whenever an employee brings up compensation, even casually, document that too. you need more than that, we need to look at headcount,” said Sanchez.

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HR Daily Advisor

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

Such records include payroll records, work certificates, collective bargaining agreements, and individual employment contracts. Supplementary records—documents serving as the source documents for other payroll records maintained by an employer—must be preserved for at least 2 years. Prince, J.D., Follow Susan Prince on Google+.

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HR Daily Advisor

FEBRUARY 8, 2017

In 2004, the same year same-sex marriage was legalized in Massachusetts, Irene married her wife, “Nicole,” also a Walmart associate. million to compensate current and former employees affected by its former policy, which was changed to include same-sex benefits on January 1, 2014. and an editor of Massachusetts Employment Law Letter.

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HR Daily Advisor

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Ricky alleged that Friant failed to include the last four digits of its employees’ Social Security numbers (SSNs) on certain itemized wage statements in violation of Labor Code Section 226(a), which states in relevant part: “An employer, semimonthly or at the time of each payment of wages, shall furnish.

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HR Daily Advisor

JANUARY 31, 2017

Graniterock’s concrete mixer drivers load the concrete into the mixer trucks, monitor the rotation of the truck drums, deliver the concrete to customers, and pour the concrete at construction sites. The trial court granted class certification for approximately 200 concrete drivers employed by Graniterock on or after January 7, 2004.

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HR Daily Advisor

JUNE 30, 2017

At the request of 21 states, the U.S. DOL’s regulatory changes would also have raised the threshold for highly compensated employees. Beginning on January 1, 2020, and every 3 years thereafter, both the standard salary threshold and salary level for highly compensated employees would have been automatically updated. Prince, J.D.,

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HR Daily Advisor

APRIL 11, 2017

Lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow private employers to award workers compensatory time off in lieu of overtime pay. But House Democrats and an employee advocate said that the bill changes nothing for workers, except to enable their employers to ask them for an interest-free loan. Employers may adopt a cap as low as 80.

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