The other day I went to the eye doctor and, before I could go in, an employee checked my temperature. This phenomenon is going to become perhaps a constant fact
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Wave of Wage-Hour Lawsuits Coming? Beware of the Danger Zones
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I have been writing about wage hour issues that are implicated or raised by the continuing COVID-19 situation. Well, here’s another one. I warn that as businesses start to open…
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USDOL Clarifies the Fluctuating Work Week Method of Paying Overtime and Its Relationship to Provision of Bonuses: Keep Those Interpretations Coming!
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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…
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Many Wage and Hour Issues Arise in Return-to-Work Scenarios From COVID-19
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We are seeing states start to re-open and businesses start to come back to life and bring their employees back. There are many difficult economic issues that surround these developments,…
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Pandemic Instigates First of (Probably) Many Lawsuits on Wage Payment
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Well, here we are, still in the midst of this horrible COVID-19 pandemic, staying home, scared to go out, wearing masks and gloves, but yet, the first lawsuit(s) involving virus…
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Cutting Exempt Employee Salaries for Slowdowns Resulting From Virus Is Legal—But Be Very Careful!
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The Corona Virus scare is causing employers to lay people off and reduce their hours. For non-exempt, hourly people this is fairly easy, from a legal perspective, because if non-exempt…
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