Adding personnel is typically a good indicator of growth for a new or emerging business. However, despite good intentions or attempts to achieve greater efficiency, many new businesses make common mistakes like the ones...more
With the U.S. Supreme Court recognition of same-sex marriage back in 2015 and increasing EEOC scrutiny regarding employers’ pregnancy accommodation policies and practices as well as gender discrimination, your new parent...more
Some of you may be surprised to know that our great State of Tennessee does not use the same definition as the federal government, specifically the IRS, when it comes to defining “independent contractors” vs. “employees.”...more
The Department of Labor (DOL)’s latest Opinion Letter regarding independent contractors (and how to distinguish them from employees) uses the same six (6) factors we have seen in previous letters....more
Per the EEOC website, the EEOC expects to begin collecting EEO-1 Component 2 (the new payroll) data for calendar years 2017 and 2018 in mid-July, 2019, and will notify filers of the precise date the portal for this new data...more
In the latest Department of Labor (DOL) Opinion Letter, issued on March 14, 2019, the question posed to the DOL was, “May we allow employees to use some or all of their paid leave before using FMLA leave in connection with an...more
The Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor (DOL) had taken a break for the past 9 years from issuing Opinion Letters. These Letters are not binding/do not have the effect of law, but can be beneficial to employers...more
After having two initiatives from the Obama Administration hanging over employers’ heads for the past two years, both the white-collar overtime exemption minimum salary requirement increase and the EEO-1 Report demographic...more
For years, clients have asked us about the Tennessee Wage Payment Act and whether they could pay employees monthly “if they agreed to it” etc., because this Tennessee law expressly required bi-monthly pay – and imposed a fine...more
Realizing we ALL could use some "time off" FROM this year's presidential election, we want to provide you with a quick (party-neutral!) refresher on your employees' voting leave rights in light of the upcoming national...more
The U.S. Department of Labor issued a proposed rule this morning that would expand federal overtime pay regulations to cover nearly 5 million additional employees by raising the minimum salary threshold required to qualify...more