Minimum wage increases have been a popular topic in the news lately as advocates have been campaigning for minimum wage increases both on state and federal levels. On Election Day 2014, advocates got their way in at least four states: Alaska, Arkansas, Nebraska, and South Dakota. In all four states, vot...
One question that comes up with some regularity is, “How many hours does an employee have to work to be a full-time employee?” Unfortunately, the answer to the question is, “It depends.” Full-time employment is a term with many different definitions, each depending on both the fa...
It is not uncommon for employees to change jobs. When this happens, the question frequently arises regarding whether employees are legally obligated to provide two weeks’ notice before quitting their current job. The short answer is, “No.” Are there legal requirements to expect or give a two notice? The...
Some legal terms can be confusing and are misused or inappropriately interchanged. This is particularly true with legal terms associated with employment or labor laws. Two employment-related legal terms people regularly misuse are “at-will” and “right-to-work.” Many people use th...
As we have discussed in our “FLSA – Hours Worked“, minimum wage and overtime compliance cover a variety of situations, such as travel time, waiting time, on-call time, rest and meal periods, sleeping time, meeting and training time, and show-up time. In this segment of our series, we w...
