On May 18, 2016, President Obama announced that the Department of Labor had finalized major changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which also modifies regulations around overtime. The changes are slated to go into effect on December 1, 2016. This provides a little breathing room for employers, but the new changes require many […]
According to the National Employment Law Project’s “Winning Wage Justice: A Summary of Research on Wage and Hour Violations in the United States,” pay violations are alarmingly high among employers of low-wage workers. Various occupations across the economy are affected, including restaurant and grocery stores, retail, domestic work and home care, manufacturing and construction, janitorial […]
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), originally passed in 1938, has complex rules for classifying employees and paying overtime. Under the FLSA, employers are not required to pay overtime to exempt employees, but are required to pay overtime to non-exempt employees. As this part of the law is often the focus of IRS and Department of Labor […]
Laws governing how employers establish wages and hours in California are set by various agencies at the state and federal levels. Labor laws that direct wage and hour rules include the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and Industrial Welfare Commission (IWC) wage orders. The FSLA sets minimum wage, overtime rates, […]
Small businesses and other employers are required to post notice in their workplaces of statutes and regulations enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor as well as state and local agencies. Required “compliance posters” are often available from the agency website in electronic format and may even be available in different languages. Posting requirements vary […]