I 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, that arise regarding unanticipated work and how employers should track and pay for this. The USDOL has now assisted in this endeavor, as it issued
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USDOL Raking It in for Underpaid Employees: Is This the Promised Positive Change Towards Business?
There has been a lot of talk about how much more pro-business the U.S. Department of Labor was going to be under this Administration. Well, appearances can be deceiving, as a report has just come out indicating that the agency collected in excess of $322 million last year for workers who did not receive proper…
First New USDOL FLSA Opinion Letters Are Issued – A Very Good Thing
By Mark Tabakman on
At long last, new USDOL Opinion Letters are bursting forward. Like Spring. The agency just issued three new letters on a variety of topics, including one of my favorites, travel time. The other letters address issues of compensable break time as well as the kinds of lump-sum payments that could be garnished for child support.…