Employers Cannot Inquire into Applicant’s Pay History
The Minnesota Legislature was sure to keep HR professionals/businesses and their employment law attorneys busy Q4 of 2023! If you’re wondering why my blog went silent…read on! Now that I’m out from under…
Another DOL flip-flop. And a picture of bacon. What can I say…I’m from Iowa. We like our bacon. If you’re a federal contractor, you should be aware that on October 23, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued new…
On January 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced its much-anticipated final rule, revising the DOL’s guidance (this is my nice way of saying “administrative flip flopping”) on how to determine if a worker is an employee…
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) signed an agreement on September 13, 2023 to immediately start collaborating between the two agencies to share information, coordinate investigations and enforcement, cross-train…
After nearly 40 years, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has updated its regulations and issued a Final Rule for the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA), effective October 23, 2023. The Davis-Bacon Act, originally enacted in 1931, requires contractors…
Here we go again! On August 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a proposed rule to raise the minimum salary threshold requirement for employees to be exempt from minimum wage and overtime provisions under the Fair…
Rounding of time is nothing new. For payroll simplicity, employers have rounded time up and down for decades, beginning when we actually put a timesheet into a punch clock to “punch the time” (yes, I did!). To that extent, the…
If you’ve read my recent blog about the new paid sick and safe time (required January 1, 2024), you may be wondering how that affects your business if you are a federal contractor. You are right – you are special!…
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, you know that in just a few short weeks, August 1, 2023, recreational cannabis (marijuana) will be lawful in Minnesota (under state law). However, recent news has also highlighted the fact that it…
Effective January 1, 2024, Minnesota employers (including employment agencies and labor organizations) are prohibited from inquiring into a job applicant’s pay history (prior or current wage, salary, earnings, benefits) “for the purpose of determining compensation or benefits”. However, applicants may…
