I read an interesting post by Sara Zorich of Amundsen Davis concerning the year-end wage hour issues that employers must deal with, and I agree with the concepts set forth
Continue Reading Employers Must Beware Of Year-End Wage Hour Issues/Landmines!What employers often miss when calculating proper overtime is that they must include in the regular rate different kinds of supplemental payments that non-exempt people receive. If they do not
Continue Reading Bonuses Must Be Included In Regular Rate For Non-Exempt Employees: Another Cautionary Tale?I have blogged many times about cases where relatively small amounts of compensation, bonus type compensation, are not included when an employer calculates the regular rate for overtime and a
Continue Reading COVID Related Wage Increases Includible In Regular Rate In FLSA Overtime Case
I have often blogged about the thorny issue of bonuses under the FLSA and when those bonuses must be included in the regular rate of employees for overtime purposes. The
Continue Reading Great Fifth Circuit Decision On Exclusion Of Bonus From Regular Rate Under FLSA
The USDOL has been issuing a slew of Opinion Letters of late, under the stewardship of Cheryl M. Stanton, Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division. Many of these deal
Continue Reading USDOL Issues Interesting Opinion Letter on Car Manufacturer Incentive Payments Use in Meeting Minimum Wage Requirements
The USDOL has been pretty busy lately issuing new rules and interpretations about FLSA issues, including vague, nuanced issues like the inclusion (or not) of bonuses in the regular rate
Continue Reading USDOL Clarifies the Fluctuating Work Week Method of Paying Overtime and Its Relationship to Provision of Bonuses: Keep Those Interpretations Coming!
The USDOL has been quite busy lately in issuing regulations and other guidance relating to the provisions in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act. With that said, the “regular” business
Continue Reading USDOL Issues Opinion Letter on Inclusion of Longevity Bonus in the Regular Rate
The USDOL is busy again issuing Opinion Letters and has again turned its focus to the issue of inclusion/exclusion of bonuses into the regular rate for purposes of overtime computation.
Continue Reading USDOL Opinion Letter on Bonuses Shows the New Vitality of This Important Instructional Tool
Employers always have difficulty knowing what sums should be included in calculation of the regular rate and many employers unwittingly walk themselves into trouble by not knowing the intricacies of
Continue Reading New DOL Rule Adapts The Law To The Modern Workplace By Eliminating Certain Perks From Regular Rate Calculation
I like how the USDOL is moving along with proposals and plans that assist employers in running their businesses, compensating their employees fairly, and, importantly, not running afoul of the
Continue Reading New DOL Proposed Rule on Fluctuating Work Week Is a Keeper!