The Supreme Court just handed businesses a win when it weighed in on how much evidence an employer needs to show a court to prove it correctly classified employees as exempt from minimum wage and overtime pay. As we correctly...more
1/16/2025
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Evidence ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Minimum Wage ,
Misclassification ,
Over-Time ,
Preponderance of the Evidence ,
SCOTUS ,
Standard of Proof ,
Wage and Hour ,
White-Collar Exemptions
What evidence does an employer need to show a court to prove it correctly classified employees as exempt from minimum wage and overtime pay? The Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in a case raising this question and...more
11/22/2024
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Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Litigation ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Minimum Wage ,
Misclassification ,
Non-Exempt Employees ,
Oral Argument ,
Over-Time ,
Preponderance of the Evidence ,
Standard of Proof ,
Wage and Hour
Imagine this scenario: You pay an employee a substantial daily rate — which works out to more than $200,000 a year. Still, the employee claims they’re entitled to overtime pay because they were paid a daily — rather than...more
Employers may be shocked to learn that a supervisor who earns $200,000 a year could be entitled to overtime pay, but the Supreme Court might very well decide you could be on the hook for such payments in the near future....more