Podcast - California Employment News: The Employment Start-Up Kit for Start-Ups – Part 1
California Employment News: The Employment Start-Up Kit for Start-Ups – Part 1
Nonprofit Basics: Operating Foundation Rules
Primer for Nonprofits on Paid Employees, Volunteers, and Interns
Employment Law This Week®: DOL’s Final Overtime Rule, CA Codifies “ABC Test,” Pay Data Collection Beyond 2018, NLRB’s Busy Summer
Is My New Hire an Employee or a Contractor? Key Factors for Startups to Consider
Employment Law This Week®: Gig Worker Classification, NLRB Rulemaking Agenda, Non-Compete Agreement Backlash
On January 15, 2025, the United States Supreme Court ruled in E.M.D. Sales, Inc., et al. v. Carrera et al., that the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (the “FLSA”) exemptions do not require a heightened burden of proof. The decision...more
2024 was yet another active year in the labor and employment landscape. While 2025 and the new administration could bring any number of changes to workplace laws and enforcement, the timing and extent of such changes is...more
For contractors and subcontractors providing certain services to the federal government, compliance with the Service Contract Act (or Service Contract Labor Standards) is required. Unique bidding and performance requirements...more
CDF Wage and Hour Task Force – Monthly Tips - Class Is In Session on Exempt Classifications - All California employers should know by now that non-exempt employees are entitled to overtime for all hours worked over 8...more
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), employers must provide overtime pay to employees at one and one-half times an employee’s regular pay rate for every hour the employee works beyond 40 hours in a workweek, unless the...more
Sometimes, the only constant is change. This New Year is no different. In 2023, we saw several developments in labor and employment law, including federal and state court decisions, regulations, and administrative agency...more
In a win for employers, on March 15, 2023, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that paid time off (PTO) does not constitute salary for purposes of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)....more
Per a recent Third Circuit ruling, employers do not destroy the salary basis test for exempt employees by making fringe benefit deductions. The Third Circuit held that the term “salary” does not include fringe benefits such...more
Office workers who perform receptionist, secretarial, and other administrative tasks often are incorrectly classified as exempt from overtime pay because they receive a salary and have job titles such as "executive...more
In a unanimous 8-0 decision, in Southwest Airlines Co. v. Saxon, the U.S. Supreme Court (Court) held that airline cargo ramp supervisors that assist with loading and unloading cargo constitute a class of workers engaged in...more
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced new rules, effective March 8, 2021, clarifying how to determine if an individual is an employee–entitled to minimum wage, overtime, and other statutory protections—or an independent...more
On September 22, the U.S. Department of Labor ("DOL") announced new proposed regulations regarding when workers can be classified as independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The FLSA requires...more
This Employment Law This Week® Monthly Rundown discusses the most important developments for employers heading into October 2019. The episode includes: 1. DOL Issues Final Overtime Rule On September 24, the U.S. Department...more
Ensuring correct employee classification for purposes of compliance with wage and hour laws is one of the most daunting challenges employers face. Classification criteria such as being engaged in “management” and use of...more
The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced proposed regulations on overtime that would render more than 1 million new workers eligible for overtime pay. Coupled with a historically tight labor market, this new rule has...more
This edition of Employment Flash looks at developments in labor and employment law, including regarding a DOJ appeal of the EEOC's heightened pay reporting requirements, the NLRB's decision narrowing the circumstances under...more
This edition of Employment Flash looks at recent court decisions, including the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings on cases relating to the definition of a whistleblower and exemptions from the overtime pay provisions. This edition...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes each month in 2017. August was no...more
The U.S. Department of Labor recently announced its highly anticipated federal overtime rule under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The new rule updates the minimum salary requirement for employees to be considered...more
On May 18, 2016, President Obama and Labor Secretary Perez announced the publication of the final rule updating the overtime pay protections. The Department says that the new rule "will automatically extend overtime pay...more
Last week, we highlighted the Department of Labor’s (DOL) new proposed amendments to the “white-collar” exemption regulations. As the proposed rules move closer to becoming final this summer, with an effective date 60 days...more
It is no secret that last summer the Department of Labor (DOL) proposed substantial amendments to the white collar exemption regulations. Namely, the DOL proposed raising the minimum salary threshold from $23,660 to $50,440...more
Earlier this summer, the U.S. Department of Labor (“DOL”) issued a proposed regulation that could make it more difficult for employers to classify employees as “exempt,” i.e., exempt from being paid overtime, under federal...more
The federal Department of Labor (“DOL”) released a proposed rule to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act’s white-collar employee exemptions (i.e., executive, administrative, professional, outside sales, and computer...more
As most insurance industry employers are probably aware by now, the Department of Labor has proposed revisions to its regulations that seek to further limit the instances in which certain employees may qualify as exempt from...more