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Dykema Labor & Employment Law Blog
Wage and Hour Compliance for Non-Exempt Remote Employees: What Employers Need to Know
Takeaways Answering emails, responding to texts, and completing assignments after hours can create compensable work time for remote employees. Clear timekeeping policies, accurate recordkeeping, and supervisor training can help employers…
Independent Contractor Misclassification & Compliance
The Final Independent Contractor Rule Will Only Change the Conversation, Not the Law
By Richard Reibstein Esq. of Littler Mendelson P.C.
It has been over seven months since the U.S. Department of Labor formally issued a proposed rule under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) setting forth this current administration’s…
Lathrop GPM
Federal District Court in Oklahoma Finds Jani-King Franchisees Are Employees Under the FLSA and Grants Motion for Summary Judgment to Acting Secretary of Labor
By Lathrop GPM
The Acting Secretary of Labor recently sued Jani-King of Oklahoma, Inc. (JKO), a regional franchisor of commercial cleaning businesses, alleging that JKO violated the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (FLSA) employer…
Hall Benefits Law Blog
Calculating Overtime When Paying Bonuses
By Anne Hall
While many employers use bonuses to reward deserving employees for various reasons, those bonuses can create complications under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) if not handled properly. More specifically,…
Foley & Lardner LLP
Recent FLSA Opinion Letters Shed Light on Tip Pools and Lunch Breaks
The United States Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (DOL) recently issued two Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) opinion letters that are worth a look for employers addressing tip…
Independent Contractor Misclassification & Compliance
Manufacturing, AI, Mental Health, and Security Industries Targeted for Independent Contractor Misclassification: September 2026 IC Legal News Update
By Richard Reibstein Esq. of Littler Mendelson P.C.
This past month’s legal developments include new class actions filed against companies in the manufacturing, artificial intelligence (AI), and health care industries alleging independent contractor (IC) misclassification, as well as…
Texas Employment Lawyer
Latina and Latino Labor Leaders Who Fought for Work Protections
Hispanic Heritage Month, observed September 15 to October 15, is a reminder that many of the protections employees rely on today. They were won by organizers, many of them Hispanic…
Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg LLP
Five Labor and Employment Law Developments To Know – September 2026
September 2026 brought several notable employment law developments, including new DOL guidance on meal breaks, volunteer work, and tip-sharing under the FLSA, as well as an NLRB decision restoring the…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Your shift supervisors can't have it both ways with tipped wages
Bartending doesn't launder a manager's cut of the tip pool. That's the entire lesson of a recent Department of Labor Opinion Letter. Here's the setup. A restaurant has servers "tip…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Three commutes; zero compensation
The Department of Labor just answered a question a lot of employers have been wondering about: if an employee splits her day between home and office, who pays for the drive…