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Get Set for Summer: 8 Things Hospitality Employers Should Know About Hiring Teens this Season

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Many employers in the hospitality industry are ramping up their hiring efforts as they get ready for their busiest season. Whether you’re operating a restaurant, hotel, swim club, tourist attraction, or other business that’s...more

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Employing Minors in Tennessee – FAQs for Employers

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With the labor shortage, you may have started considering expanding your applicant pool to groups of potential employees you had not previously considered, like minors. Even if you have not yet considered hiring minors, you...more

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Deck the Halls and Pack the Malls: 10 Issues for Seasonal Employee Hiring

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The holiday season is nearly upon us, and the shopping frenzy is about to commence. This annual phenomenon brings the hurried engagement of seasonal employees, with thousands of these retail elves helping manage the increased...more

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Key Wage and Hour Issues for Manufacturing Industry Employers – Part I

Join hosts Bud Bobber and Keith Kopplin as they discuss important wage and hour topics for manufacturing industry employers, including compensable work, pre and post-shift activities, donning and doffing, meal and rest...more

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Time is Money . . . Unless It's Not: U.S. Department of Labor Clarifies Compensable Work Time

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In case you haven't noticed, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has been busy. After not issuing any opinion letters since 2009 during the Obama administration, the Wage and Hour Division ("WHD") of the DOL has issued 23...more

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Who-When-What: State Law Basics on Summer Hiring

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Here we are - the school year is coming to a close and you are eager to get your business staffed with forward-thinking, millennial summer hires. Don’t move too fast though, because in addition to the federal Fair Labor...more

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Department of Labor Offers Employers Clarity By Resuming Its Practice of Issuing Opinion Letters

In a welcome departure from its recent practice, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) recently issued its first new opinion letters in almost ten years. In addition to issuing three new opinion letters...more

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New U.S. DOL Opinion Letters Provide Guidance on Compensability of Travel Time and Break Time

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On April 12, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued two opinion letters that should help employers determine when they must pay for an employee’s travel time and break time. The opinion...more

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Another Federal Court Holds Home Health Aides in NY are NOT Necessarily Entitled to Pay for Every Hour of a 24-Hour Shift, but...

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A recent federal court decision has added to the confusion surrounding the application of the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) "home care" overtime rule and New York's "13-hour" rule regarding compensable work hours for...more

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Short Rest Breaks are Compensable Under the FLSA

This month, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) requires employers to compensate employees for all rest breaks of twenty minutes or less....more

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NYDOL Issues Explanatory Statement on Recent Wage Order Amendment Codifying its Longstanding Interpretation of the "13-Hour Rule"

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As we reported earlier this month, the New York State Department of Labor (“NYDOL”) issued an amendment, effective October 6, to its Minimum Wage Order for Miscellaneous Industries and Occupations to clarify that bona fide...more

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Is Your Company’s “Flexible Scheduling” Policy A Violation of Wage And Hour Law?

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An employer who allows its employees the “flexibility” to self-schedule time off the clock must make sure that it is paying its employees for all time worked. And beware, under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), “hours...more

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NY DOL to Soon Issue Explanatory Statement on Recent Wage Order Amendment

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As we recently reported, on October 6, 2017, the New York State Department of Labor (“NYDOL”) issued an amendment to its Minimum Wage Order for Miscellaneous Industries and Occupations regulation to clarify that bona fide...more

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Still Sleeping on the Job? NY DOL Says Home Healthcare Employees Not Entitled to 24 Hours Pay for Overnight Shifts

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Seyfarth Synopsis: Effective October 6, 2017, the New York Department of Labor issued an emergency regulation amending the Miscellaneous Minimum Wage Order, which is designed to undermine two recent Appellate Division rulings...more

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NY DOL Issues Amendment to the Regulation Governing the Payment of Wages to Home Care Aides Who Work a Shift of 24 Hours or More

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On October 6, 2017, the New York State Department of Labor (“NYDOL”) issued an amendment to its Minimum Wage Order for Miscellaneous Industries and Occupations (“Wage Order”) in response to recent court decisions finding that...more

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Another New York State Appellate Court Finds 24-Hour Non-Residential Home Care Attendants Must be Paid for Sleep and Meal Periods

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A pair of New York state appellate decisions has serious implications for employers that offer 24-hour home care for clients by ruling that sleep and meal periods must be included in the hourly wages of home care attendants....more

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