Posted: September 11, 2018
Employers need to be careful not to reach certain conclusions too quickly based on the issued DOL opinion letters.
Filed Under: FMLA/Leaves
Posted: August 9, 2018
Employers: draft policies, train managers, and review practices to minimize possibility of off the clock issues.
Filed Under: California, Wage and Hour
Posted: May 19, 2016
Posted: May 18, 2016
Posted: July 8, 2015
What the DOL will do is unclear. What is clear is that employers need to focus sooner rather than later on how they will handle the likely significant increase in the minimum salary.
Filed Under: Wage and Hour
Posted: March 6, 2015
President Obama has announced he intends to propose major changes to the white-collar exemptions and has directed the Department of Labor to propose revisions to “modernize and streamline” current FLSA regulations. The draft regulations were originally expected in October 2014. The DOL then released a date of February 2015. We are now in March of 2015, and we are still waiting for any changes to be announced.
Filed Under: FMLA/Leaves, Wage and Hour
Posted: March 21, 2014
BNA Human Resources Report was kind enough to quote me in this great article about President Obama’s recent Memo to the Department of Labor, telling the DOL to expand overtime eligibility.
Filed Under: General, Wage and Hour
Posted: September 18, 2013
The home healthcare industry has become big business in South Florida, as our population ages. People want to stay in their homes – and out of assisted living facilities – longer, and thus more and more healthcare is home-based.
Filed Under: Wage and Hour
Posted: June 3, 2013
Last week, the federal DOL issued HIPAA regulations on wellness programs setting forth both restrictions and requirements. The regulations were issued pursuant to the Affordable Care Act, aka as Obamacare.
Filed Under: Compliance
