Calculating overtime pay for tipped employees working in multiple positions at different rates in a single workweek can be confusing. So confusing, in fact, that we discovered that even the District of Columbia’s Department...more
10/10/2019
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Guidance Update ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Minimum Wage ,
New Guidance ,
Over-Time ,
Rate of Pay ,
Restaurant Industry ,
State Labor Laws ,
Tip Credit ,
Tipped Employees ,
Tips ,
Wage and Hour
The Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that it estimates would convert more than one million now overtime-exempt workers to non-exempt, overtime-eligible employees. Currently, the...more
As we discussed yesterday at Mintz Levin’s Third Annual Employment Law Summit, big changes are likely in the offing as all three branches of our federal government begin to deal with labor and employment issues following...more
4/10/2017
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Browning-Ferris Industries of California Inc. ,
Congressional Review Act ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
EEO-1 ,
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ,
Ernst & Young v Morris ,
Federal Contractors ,
Fiduciary Rule ,
Joint Employers ,
McLane Co. v EEOC ,
Minimum Wage ,
Misclassification ,
Neil Gorsuch ,
NLRA ,
NLRB ,
Over-Time ,
Persuader Rules ,
Preliminary Injunctions ,
Right to Work ,
SCOTUS ,
Secretary of Labor ,
Sexual Orientation Discrimination ,
State and Local Government ,
Strategic Enforcement Plan ,
Title VII ,
Trump Administration ,
White-Collar Exemptions
Employers across the country woke up this morning to news that a Texas District Court judge has blocked the DOL’s overtime rule from taking effect on December 1, 2016. This represents a stunning turn of events for employers....more
In a stunning turn of events for employers, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas has entered a nationwide injunction, ruling that the Department of Labor’s new overtime rule, which was slated to...more
More bad news for employers: Maryland’s Court of Appeals (its highest court) has now put to rest any question about an employee’s right to recover treble damages in connection with an unpaid overtime claim....more