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Boat Captains and Overtime Exemptions
I know there are not a lot of boat captains, or those who represent boat captains, out there, but how often do you get to discuss Section 13(b)(6) of the…
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Recently-Published Scholarship: The Labor Lawyer
Rod M. Fliegel (top left) & Justin T. Curley (top center), Evaluating Eligibility for FMLA Leave: Federal Case Law Underscores The Need For Informed Decision Making, p. 1.Robert Rachal (top…
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TV and FLSA Overtime Exemptions
Here's a funny piece from the October Issue of Workforce Magazine Online about how television characters can help one understand the complexities and functional nature of the overtime exemptions under…
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IBM Learns The Hard Way About the Functional Nature of FLSA Overtime Exemptions
EarthTimes.org has word that IBM has settled another expensive overtime suit with a group of technology workers for $65 million (previous post when this case was initially filed back in…
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New Trend in Wage and Hour Lawsuits Targets Pharmaceutical Industry
In the past year, a new trend has emerged in wage and hour class action litigation that targets pharmaceutical and health products companies. Several class actions have been filed in…
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DOL Advisory Letter on the Executive Exemption Under the FLSA
Thanks to the New Mexico Labor and Employment Law Blog for bringing to my attention and summarizing the following DOL opinion letter from this past September concerning whether a manager…
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Getting Your Exempt vs. Non-Exempt Confused?
You are not alone!Michael Fox of Jottings By An Employer's Lawyer (from an article on the workforce.com site, Top Five Employer Mistakes Under the FLSA) provides this list:1. Believing salaried…
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Medical Research Supports the FLSA
Here's an article about medical research findings correlating higher blood pressure with the more hours that one works:Workers who clocked more than 51 hours at the office each week were…
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Cintas FLSA Claims Centralized in California
Over 2000 employees have brought claims against Cintas in 71 actions in 71 different federal district courts. The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has transferred those actions to the Northern…
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Employer Cash or Rebate Incentives for Employees are Taxable Compensation
Here is an interesting decision by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) involving an issue at the intersection of employment and tax law. On the employment side, when it comes to…