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Regular rate
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Wage & Hour - Developments & Highlights
New DOL Rule Adapts The Law To The Modern Workplace By Eliminating Certain Perks From Regular Rate Calculation
Employers always have difficulty knowing what sums should be included in calculation of the regular rate and many employers unwittingly walk themselves into trouble by not knowing the intricacies of…
Massachusetts Labor & Employment Law
FLSA Clarifies What Counts as the “Regular Rate” of Pay for Overtime Calculations
Last week, the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”) announced a rule clarifying the types of compensation that should be included when determining an employee’s “regular rate” of pay for…
Employer Law Report
DOL issues final rule clarifying the regular rate of pay
By Jourdan Day
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is making significant changes to the regulations covering the regular rate of pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for the first time…
Employment Law Watch
DOL final rule updates exclusions from employees’ regular rate
By Paulo McKeeby, Joseph J. Mammone Jr.
On December 16, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its first significant revision since 1968 to its interpretation of the calculation of the “regular rate” under the Fair…
Wage & Hour Litigation Blog
WHD Finalizes Regular Rate Regulations
Seyfarth Synopsis: In the December 16, 2019, Federal Register, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage & Hour Division (WHD) published its final rule clarifying and updating the regulations governing the…
Employment Law Business Guide
USDOL Issues Guidance on “Regular Rate” of Pay
Calculation of “regular rate” of pay is something which has long given employers fits, and the US Department of Labor (“DOL”) has taken a step which it hopes will clarify…
Ohio Employer Law Blog
Do you know how to calculate the “regular rate of pay” for your employees? (hint: probably not)
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires that employers pay their non-exempt employees one and one-half times the “regular rate of pay” for any hours worked in excess of 40 in…
California Peculiarities Employment Law Blog
Regular Rate Refresh: Calculating Overtime for California Employees
By Elizabeth J. MacGregor, Kerry Friedrichs
Seyfarth Synopsis: While paying employees in California is often a challenge, the regular rate of pay presents a minefield of different formulas for employers to navigate. From what amounts to…
Minnesota Wage & Hour
DOL Proposes Changes to the FLSA “Regular Rate” – Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Issued
On March 29, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The proposed rules will clarify for…
Law and the Workplace
DOL Proposes Updated Regular Rate Rules
By Allan Bloom, Annabel Pollioni
Even at a gathering of employment lawyers, HR professionals, and compensation veterans, one of the easiest ways to clear the room is to begin a discussion on the regular rate…