The US Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a Field Assistance Bulletin (“FAB”) concerning the proper implementation of the new Providing Urgent Maternal Protections for Nursing Mothers Act, the so-called
Continue Reading New USDOL Guidance On Nursing Mothers: The Compensability Issues
Since the pandemic, companies across the nation have been dealing with the issue of remote work, from many perspectives, but amongst the most important, the wage-hour perspective of how to
Continue Reading Remote Work Under The FLSA Is A Hot Issue, Drawing Technical Guidance From The USDOLI have written several times about employees working from home, e.g. telecommuting, and how employers must carefully keep track of their hours to avoid unauthorized overtime. There are situations, however,
Continue Reading More USDOL Guidance On Virus Working Time Issues: Tracking Off-the-Clock Time
The last several years have been quite worrisome to me, as a management side practitioner, on the issue of USDOL agency-initiated liquidated damages assessments. It used to be that only
Continue Reading USDOL States It Will No Longer Routinely Seek Liquidated Damages in Administrative Investigations: A Return to Normalcy