Philip Bruce on Over-Time

SCOTUS to decide if employee paid a day rate of $963 and making $200,000 a year is entitled to overtime

Those familiar with the oil and gas industry know that workers are often paid a day rate. For some workers, those day rates can be lucrative. One such worker was Michael Hewitt, a tool pusher for Helix Energy Solutions Group....more

5/6/2022 / Department of Labor (DOL) , Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) , Highly Compensated Employees , Over-Time , Petition for Writ of Certiorari , SCOTUS , Wage and Hour

Retaliation suit shows requests for unpaid overtime can be a timekeeping trap

Informed employers know they must pay non-exempt employee for all hours actually worked. If an employee works unapproved hours or overtime, the company must still pay for that time; however, they may discipline that worker...more

2/19/2020 / Appeals , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Litigation , Employment Policies , Exceptions , Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) , Former Employee , Hiring & Firing , Insubordination Policy , Over-Time , Retaliation , Reversal , Summary Judgment , Timekeeping , Unpaid Overtime

Tenth Circuit holds FLSA applies to marijuana industry employees

Can a business that is deemed illegal under federal law still be subject to federal wage and hour laws? That’s the question recently answered in a decision handed down in Robert Kenney v. Helix TCS, Inc. by the Tenth Circuit...more

11/22/2019 / Appeals , Controlled Substances Act , Corporate Counsel , Employer Liability Issues , Employment Litigation , Exempt-Employees , Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) , Federal Labor Laws , Labor Law Violations , Marijuana , Marijuana Related Businesses , Misclassification , Over-Time , Salaried Employees , Unpaid Wages , Wage and Hour

Religious accommodation need not be employee’s preferred accommodation

Just as employers have a legal duty to reasonably accommodate employees’ disabilities, they also have an obligation to reasonably accommodate employees’ religious practices. Employers often struggle with determining what is...more

6/25/2018 / Appeals , Employer Liability Issues , Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) , Hiring & Firing , Over-Time , Reasonable Accommodation , Religious Accommodation , Religious Discrimination , Title VII , Wage and Hour

DOL back at it: FLSA ‘white collar’ exemption salary threshold likely to increase

Last year was a busy year for employers. Many conducted internal audits and went through intense planning to comply with new U.S. Department of Labor overtime regulations that were to take effect December 1, 2016. Those 2016...more

7/21/2017 / Administrative Authority , Appeals , Department of Labor (DOL) , Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) , Minimum Salary , Over-Time , Preliminary Injunctions , Request For Information , Secretary of Labor , Trump Administration , Wage and Hour , White-Collar Exemptions

Philip Bruce

McAfee & Taft

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Latest Posts › Over-Time

SCOTUS to decide if employee paid a day rate of $963 and making $200,000 a year is entitled to overtime

Retaliation suit shows requests for unpaid overtime can be a timekeeping trap

Tenth Circuit holds FLSA applies to marijuana industry employees

Religious accommodation need not be employee’s preferred accommodation

DOL back at it: FLSA ‘white collar’ exemption salary threshold likely to increase

Philip Bruce

McAfee & Taft

Popular Topics by This Author

Latest Posts › Over-Time

SCOTUS to decide if employee paid a day rate of $963 and making $200,000 a year is entitled to overtime

Retaliation suit shows requests for unpaid overtime can be a timekeeping trap

Tenth Circuit holds FLSA applies to marijuana industry employees

Religious accommodation need not be employee’s preferred accommodation

DOL back at it: FLSA ‘white collar’ exemption salary threshold likely to increase

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