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Are Full-Time Employees of Staffing Companies Exempt? It Depends

HR Daily Advisor

Staffing Employees Worked Long Hours. All three plaintiffs worked in-house at the company’s Troy, Michigan office, and all regularly put in 50+ hours of work each week. Their individual duties varied, but collectively included: Recruiting for positions, both temporary and permanent. Marketing tasks, including mailing out materials.

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“5 Things We Need To Do To Close The Gender Wage Gap”, with John Schwarz CEO of Visier

Thrive Global

As part of my series about “the five things we need to do to close the gender wage gap” I had the pleasure of interviewing John Schwarz. John was also President and Chief Operating Officer of Symantec during the period of its biggest expansion from 2001 to 2005. John is the Founder and CEO of Visier Inc.,

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The Walmart Effect: Can Raising Salaries Increase Productivity?

Compensation Today

Research Shows Higher Wages Lead to Less Turnover, More Respect. In one of Frost’s studies from 2005 , she looked at low-wage, low-skill workers in American hospitals — roles like nursing assistants, orderlies, and food workers. A wage increase helped change that sentiment, she explains. Click To Tweet. GET A DEMO.

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Cafe Classic: Performance Pay for Gig Workers?

Compensation Cafe

Bureau of Labor Statistics surveyed the contingent workforce was in 2005! Bureau of Labor Statistics surveyed the contingent workforce was in 2005! (a Gig workers aren’t just for small start-ups anymore. For many of us, the gig economy is something that’s indistinct and difficult to wrap our arms around. The last time the U.S.

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Are paralegals entitled to overtime under the FLSA? Probably.

The Employer Handbook

So, I asked the audience, which was comprised of most generalists, how many often worked more than 40 hours per workweek? Then, I asked how many were paid overtime for working over 40 hours per workweek. The FLSA requires that employees receive minimum wage of not less than $7.25 And then we got to the Fair Labor Standards Act.

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The Fissured Workplace and Employee Misclassification

Astron Solutions

David Weil , an administrator for the United States Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, popularized the term “fissured workplace” to describe the surge in employers’ use of contracted laborers. The costs in this race to be the lowest bidder are borne by workers deprived of their wages and their rights.

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Boston University Questrom School of Business Dean Susan Fournier: “Here Are 5 Things We Need To Do To Close The Gender Wage Gap”

Thrive Global

Wage gaps are most significant in high skilled occupations, where we control, if you will, for the differences in occupation choices between men and women. As part of my series about “the five things we need to do to close the gender wage gap” I had the pleasure of interviewing Susan Fournier. Here is what’s really interesting.