This decision overturns a lower court ruling and establishes that workers who drive both larger vehicles over 10,000 pounds and those under that weight are doing so "in part".
Topics: overtime pay, labor law, fsla, exempt employees, motor carrier
[This post was previously published in January 2017 and has been revised and updated]
Topics: independent contractors, HR compliance, exempt employees, dol fsla, final rule, compliance mistakes
Overtime pay compliance is a tricky issue for employers that is fraught with legal dangers. Add to this ongoing conflict between current and past federal administrations over the DOL's "Final Rule" and the prospect for clarity is not encouraging.
Topics: california labor law, overtime pay, employee classification, employee lawsuits, DOL, fsla, exempt employees
Compliance is a critical issue for employers and the legal wranglings between current and past federal administrations over the DOL's "Final Rule" is distressing. Many employers have already opted to make the necessary changes to comply with the new rules even though this is not legally required... yet.
Topics: HR best practices, HR compliance, overtime pay, exempt employees, dol fsla, final rule
The Trump administration recently indicated that it was not favorable towards allowing former President Obama's expanded update of federal overtime pay rules. This was underscored by a court filing indicating that it may withdraw a White House appeal of a federal court's recent invalidation of the so-called Final Rule.
Topics: payroll management, overtime pay, DOL, fsla, exempt employees, white collar