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Is Travel Time Compensable for Technicians Paid on an Hourly Basis?

HR Daily Advisor

Travel time that is work time is subject to both the minimum wage and overtime pay requirements of the FLSA. Travel time that is work time is subject to both the minimum wage and overtime pay requirements of the FLSA. As we previously reported , last week the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued its first Opinion Letters in 9 years.

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How Will California’s Fast Food Council Bill Affect QSRs Across the Country?

Zenefits

Passed by the legislature in August, the bill creates a Fast Food Council, with labor and management at the table, to set standards for wages, safety, security, and time off. The Act intends to ’empower fast-food workers with new wage and workplace protections to support their health, safety, and welfare.’

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Ensuring Positive Innovative Payment Outcomes

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Your Action Plan for the DOL’s New Overtime Rules

Namely

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires workers to be paid overtime if they work more than 40 hours a week. Wages are part of that equation— and effective this year , the minimum salary to exempt an employee from overtime is doubling. When determining overtime eligibility, the duties and wage tests have to be considered in tandem.

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California Companies Can Impose a Waiting Period on Paid Vacation Accrual

HR Daily Advisor

Consistent with company policy, he did not receive any vacation wages in his final paycheck because he had been employed for less than 1 year. Vested Vacation Pay Constitutes Earned Wages. Vacation time constitutes wages for services performed. An employee left after 6 months and received no vacation pay upon his departure.

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How to Prepare for the New White Collar Overtime Requirements

Insperity

Department of Labor (DOL) seeks greater protection for certain lower-paid executive, administrative and professional (“white collar”) employees who are currently exempt from overtime, though likely work more than eight hours a day (in select states) or forty (40) hours each week. If not, the employer must prove that they are exempt.

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Overtime Pay: Exempt Vs. Non-Exempt

BerniePortal

*This blog is adapted from the second episode of HR Party of One , Overtime Pay: Exempt Vs. Non-Exempt, which you can view below. You probably already heard that the Department of Labor released a final rule last year that increased the overtime wage threshold, and many organizations are going to face some changes related to that new rule.