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From Marijuana To #MeToo—Top Employment Law Updates For 2019

PlanSource

This article is a recap of a recent webinar featuring Kate Bischoff from tHRive Law & Consulting. Employment law changes tend to come in waves, driven by public perceptions of what’s fair for workers. This salary level was set in 2004. Fair Labor Standards Act. Discretionary bonuses. Payment for unused paid leave.

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Ep 63 – Your Fair Labor Standards Act Questions Answered

Workology

Casey Sipe was one of the presenters during our recent webinar. He also is a regular contributor over on Blogging4Jobs and happens to be one of my favorite employment law attorneys. This is a very new and different approach in that the current salary minimum hasn’t been changed since 2004, 11 years ago.

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DOL Issues First Opinion Letters in 9 Years, Provides Clarity on FMLA and FLSA Matters

HR Daily Advisor

In the letters, key questions were addressed regarding the interplay of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the compensability of travel time for nonexempt employees. Are Short Rest Breaks Compensable When They’re Taken Under The FMLA ? Prior to joining BLR, Ms.

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DOL Opinion Letters Rise from the Ashes

HR Daily Advisor

The DOL stated in its June 27 th press release: “The action allows the department’s Wage and Hour Division to use opinion letters as one of its methods for providing guidance to covered employers and employees. is a Legal Editor for BLR’s human resources and employment law publications. Prince, J.D.,

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Employers Can Owe Emotional Distress Damages in Wage Suits

HR Daily Advisor

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.”. JTCH Apts. ,

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11 remarkable overtime rule tips from DOL insider

HR Morning

McCutchen was the main architect behind the 2004 changes to the FLSA’s overtime exemption rules. So she has a unique handle and perspective on how the new overtime rule will be enforced and how employers can go about complying with it. She’s now an employment law attorney with the firm Littler Mendelson, P.C.

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California Companies Can Impose a Waiting Period on Paid Vacation Accrual

HR Daily Advisor

He asserted claims for (1) failure to pay all wages upon termination, (2) violation of California’s unfair competition law, and (3) penalties under California’s Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA). The trial court granted the auto companies’ motion to dismiss. Todd appealed, and the court of appeal affirmed.