FRANCZEK RADELET WEBINAR
Date: Monday, May 23, 2016
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. CST
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Wage & Hour Insights
Guidance & Solutions for Employers
Wage & Hour Insights, published by Franczek P.C., focuses on developments and compliance issues related to wage and hour laws, including the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state-specific regulations such as Illinois' pay transparency laws. The blog covers topics like overtime exemption rules, salary thresholds for exempt employees, pay scale disclosure requirements, and legal challenges affecting wage and hour policies. It also addresses related labor and employment law matters, including non-compete agreements and regulatory changes impacting employers and employees. The content is aimed at helping employers navigate evolving wage and hour regulations and maintain compliance.
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New Rules Announced: $47,476 Minimum Salary, Effective 12/1/2016
By Bill Pokorny & FranczekPC
Video from the US DOL website, promoting the new overtime exemption rules.
Late yesterday the White House and Department of Labor released key details of the new FLSA overtime exemption rules for white collar workers. The…
Details of New Overtime Exemption Rules Begin To Emerge
By Bill Pokorny
Bloomberg BNA is reporting (subscription required) that according to a “source familiar with the situation,” the DOL’s new overtime exemption rules will take effect on December 1. The new minimum salary for exempt executive, administrative and professional employees will be $913…
New FLSA Exemption Rules Coming Wednesday May 18 (so they say)
By Bill Pokorny
Rumors abound this afternoon that the DOL will release its new overtime exemption rules this Wednesday, May 18, in coordination with an event in Ohio attended by VP Joe Biden and Labor Secretary Thomas Perez. What will the new minimum…
Can We Have Both Exempt and Non-Exempt Employees With The Same Job Title?
By Bill Pokorny
As employers try to figure out how to cope with the coming increase in the minimum salary for the executive, administrative and professional employees, some find themselves with job classifications where the salary scale straddles the new line between exempt…
Will The New Minimum Salary Be Pro-Rated for Part-Time Exempt Employees?
By Bill Pokorny
No.
I’ve received this question from several blog readers and clients recently, and on its face it makes some sense. After all, you don’t pay full salary to someone who is only working for you part-time, so it only makes sense…
New Salary Threshold May Be About $47,000
By Bill Pokorny
According to a report from Bloomberg BNA, unnamed DOL staffers have stated that the salary threshold in the hotly anticipated FLSA exemption rules will be about $47,000 per year, down slightly from the $50,440 level suggested by the proposed rules…
Uber Willing to Pay $100 Million to Keep Its Drivers Classified as Independent Contractors
By Erin Fowler
Recently, Uber announced that it agreed to pay drivers in California and Massachusetts $100 million in an effort to ensure that the drivers are considered independent contractors, not employees. In just six years, Uber has expanded from its base in…
Have You Trained Your Supervisors on Wage & Hour Compliance?
By Bill Pokorny
When sexual harassment lawsuits started becoming a major liability issue for employers, many employers sensibly responded by requiring their supervisory employees to go through mandatory anti-harassment training. There is at least some data to suggest that training and other preventive measures…
Supreme Court Upholds $5.8 Million Judgment Based on Statistical Analysis
By FranczekPC
On Tuesday, March 22, 2016, the United States Supreme Court affirmed a $5.8 million dollar judgment against Tyson Foods Inc. in a class and collective action filed by workers claiming uncompensated time donning and doffing time. Contrary to what many…