Join us in person or virtually on Wednesday, February 7 for an All-Day Employment and Employee Benefits Seminar. You’ll hear from Poyner Spruill attorneys about trending topics in employment and employee benefits. We aim to...more
1/23/2024
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The United States Department of Labor released a proposed rule on August 30, 2023, that would increase the minimum salary for “exempt” employees from $684 per week ($35,568 a year) to $1,059 per week ($55,068 a year). This...more
At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, employers transitioned millions of employees to remote work. In many industries, the transition back to the office has been slow or nonexistent, drastically reducing the number of...more
Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor published a proposed rule to modify the federal guidelines for determining how to properly classify an individual as an independent contractor or employee under the Fair Labor...more
On June 10, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) – the federal agency tasked with ensuring that working conditions are safe and healthful by setting and enforcing standards and by providing...more
6/25/2021
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Wage and Hour ,
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Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued a new batch of opinion letters addressing compliance issues involving the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). For those not familiar with such...more
The “20% Rule,” which provided guidance to employers for when they must pay tipped employees minimum, rather than a tipped hourly wage, was recently abandoned by the United States Department of Labor (“DOL”). First published...more
8/13/2019
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Department of Labor (DOL) ,
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Food Service Workers ,
Hospitality Industry ,
Minimum Wage ,
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Restaurant Industry ,
Tip Credit ,
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This month, a federal judge in Washington, D.C. lifted a stay enjoining the requirement that employers complete the pay data collection component in the annual Employer Information Report EEO-1, otherwise known as the EEO-1...more