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Public Employees Who Volunteer: Do You Know the Rules Under the FLSA?

HR Daily Advisor

Not everyone who performs services for an employer is an employee. For example, many employers use the services of independent contractors, students, trainees, and volunteers. exchange for salary may offer their services only to a different public agency than their employer. Prince, J.D.,

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

HR Daily Advisor

In the Opinion Letter, the DOL reminds us that the FLSA does require short rest breaks up to 20 minutes in duration to be compensated, as such breaks are primarily to the benefit of the employer. Jones, JD is a Senior Legal Editor for BLR’s human resources and employment law publications. Follow Holly Jones on Google+.

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How FLSA Public Employer and Employee Coverage Differs from Private

HR Daily Advisor

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) defines an employer to include “any person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee,” including a public agency. Unlike most other federal employment laws, employers do not need to employ a threshold number of employees to be covered.

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Salaried Employees Can Be Exempt or Nonexempt—Clearing the Confusion

HR Daily Advisor

Failure to meet the salary basis requirement, for example, by making impermissible deductions will negate an employee’s or group of employees’ exempt status. The employer simply adds up the hours worked in the week and pays the employee on that basis. Such employees may sue for retroactive overtime pay. Prince, J.D.,

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Proposed Federal Overtime Rules Still Pending

HRWatchdog

By contrast, the agency only received 75,280 comments the last time changes were made to the overtime rule in 2004. A participant at an American Bar Association conference quoted Solicitor of Labor M. Gail Cecchettini Whaley, CalChamber Employment Law Counsel/Content. Not a member? See how HRCalifornia can help you.

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Tips for Returning to Work After Cancer

Thrive Global

The law is one of the many tools you can use as you figure out how to best balance work after a cancer diagnosis. If you need to ask for a job modification, look into both federal and state fair employment laws. Also review your state’s fair employment law, as these may provide even more protections than the ADA.

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SHRM Article - Increased Audits by ICE

Aurico

The number of I-9 audits multiplied over the past decade, rising from almost none—just three in 2004—to 500 in 2008 and 3,004 in 2012. said on March 12, 2013, at the Society for Human Resource Management’s 2013 Employment Law & Legislative Conference. 3,200-$6,500 per unauthorized worker for a second offense.