Getting the new year off to a quick start, the United States Department of Labor issued three Opinion Letters on January 7, 2020. These letters concern the salary basis test and overtime calculations under the Fair Labor...more
1/9/2020
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Employees appreciate employee discounts, tuition reimbursement, prizes of small value, and wellness benefits. But those perks had been put in danger in recent years by lawsuits claiming that employers should have paid...more
The U.S. Department of Labor issued its bi-annual regulatory agenda update on November 20, 2019. Of the 63 items listed, the Wage & Hour Division (WHD) included seven regulatory priorities. Only one of these is new: a...more
11/21/2019
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The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued three new opinion letters on March 14, 2019. ...more
3/19/2019
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