On July 15, 2015, the US Department of Labor, Wage and Hour Division, issued Administrator’s Interpretation No. 2015-1, reminding us that one of their central focuses is limiting the ability of employers to classify workers as independent contractors instead of employees under the Fair Labor Standards A...
The first 11 books in the State Employment Laws series are now available on Amazon.com Salt Lake City, Utah – March 12, 2015: The Lunt Group LLC, publishers of the website Employment Law Handbook, has announced that the first 11 books of its State Employment Laws series are now available for purc...
Most adults in the United States are subject to being summoned for jury duty. Obviously, being summoned for jury duty has the potential of impacting an employee’s ability to work as anticipated. In order to protect employees and permit them to perform their civic duty, all states have passed jury duty l...
Many employers have chosen to designate some of their employees as exempt for purposes of overtime requirements as permitted by federal and state overtime laws. In most situations when an employer designates an employee as exempt, they must pay the employee on a salary basis. One of the costs of paying...
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and in most states, employers are allowed to pay tipped employees an hourly wage rate that is less that the standard minimum wage. This reduced wage rate is frequently referred to as the “tipped minimum wage.” Unfortunately, this label can be a little deceptive....
