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Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Rounding

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Rounding Time Is No Longer a Safe Bet in Oregon and Washington

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The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) mandates that employers compensate employees for each hour worked. Nonetheless, the Department of Labor guidance permits rounding of employee time punches so long as, among other things,...more

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2024 FLSA Checklist for Employers in the Manufacturing Industry

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Wage and hour issues continue to challenge most employers, especially those in the manufacturing industry. The manufacturing industry tends to be more process- and systems-oriented and generally employ many hourly workers who...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Clocking In: What Employers Need to Watch for in Recent Court Decision on Unpaid Working Time

For decades, the Department of Labor (DOL) has recognized the impracticability of requiring Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) nonexempt employees to clock in exactly at the beginning of their scheduled shifts. In most...more

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California and Oregon Courts Nix Time-Clock Rounding

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For years, many employers have used the practice of time-clock rounding. This is a practice of rounding time entries by employees to the nearest five-minute, six-minute, or 15-minute interval. This practice is lawful under...more

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Rounding Time Entries - Just Don’t Do It

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On October 24, 2022, the Sixth District issued a decision in in Camp v. Home Depot, handing employees a major win in the wage and hour arena by holding that Home Depot’s practice of rounding hourly employees’ total daily...more

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Wisconsin Wage And Hour Law: Rounding Employee Time

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Wage and hour claims, particularly those asserting class or collective violations, comprise a significant percentage of employment law claims across the country, and Wisconsin is no exception. Improper rounding and other...more

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Ninth Circuit Approves Neutral Time Clock Rounding Practice

Time clock rounding is a longstanding employer practice whereby employers round employee starting and stopping times to the nearest five minutes, or to the nearest one-tenth or quarter of an hour. Is the practice legal? For...more

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

"Employment Flash - August 2016"

The August 2016 edition of Employment Flash covers a number of developments, including the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on when the clock starts ticking on the filing period for constructive discharge claims; the Department of...more

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Ninth Circuit Affirms Use of FLSA "Rounding" Rule for Recording Time Worked

For more than a half-century, Department of Labor regulations issued under the Fair Labor Standards Act have allowed employers to adopt an administrative rounding policy to prevent situations where the employer would be...more

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Thoughts On Payroll By Exception and Weekly Time Sheets

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In a recent blog post, Wage and Hour Administrator David Weil tries to underplay employer concerns about the new overtime exemption rules, including worries about the difficulty of tracking time for employees who are not used...more

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Ninth Circuit Roundly Supports Time Punch Rounding

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The Ninth Circuit this week blessed an employer’s policy of rounding employee time punches to the nearest quarter hour, affirming summary judgment in favor of the company on an employee’s challenge to the rounding policy...more

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West Virginia DOL Withdraws Proposed Emergency Wage and Hour Regulations

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In welcome news for employers, the West Virginia Department of Labor (WVDOL) has withdrawn a set of emergency regulations that would have significantly revamped state wage and hour requirements and created conflicts with...more

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