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20 Oct 2015, 10:58 am by Holland & Hart
In recent weeks, the Colorado Division of Labor indicated that it was taking a new position when enforcing wage claims based on an employer’s vacation policy. [read post]
26 Dec 2013, 6:56 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
As in many other enforcement areas, the Labor Department Wage and Hour Division in recent years has stepped up its scrutiny of employer relationships with workers treated as independent contractors. [read post]
13 Jan 2012, 10:56 am by Hunton & Williams LLP
  These newly released fact sheets address retaliation under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”), and the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Workers Protection Act (“MSPA”).Fact Sheet #77A: Prohibiting Retaliation Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provides information concerning the FLSA’s prohibition of retaliation against any employee who has “filed any… [read post]
23 Feb 2018, 10:49 am by Sharon L. Lippett
The Enforcement Section of the Massachusetts Division of the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth (the “Massachusetts Enforcement Section”) filed an administrative complaint (the “Complaint”) on February 15, 2018 against Scottrade, Inc. [read post]
18 Jun 2022, 2:38 am by Jon L. Gelman
Fullerton failed to pay 32 employees time-and-a-half for hours over 40 in a workweek in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act.Following litigation by the department’s Office of the Solicitor, the U.S. [read post]
Department of Labor (DOL) issued a new field assistance bulletin titled Protecting Workers from Retaliation, which addresses worker protections from retaliation under laws enforced by the agency’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD). [read post]
13 Aug 2020, 3:30 am by Eric B. Meyer
Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division had the unenviable task of creating and implementing supporting guidance, enforcing the law, and tending to all of its other responsibilities. [read post]
Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) released a final rule—going into effect beginning March 11—that will determine whether a worker can be classified as an independent contractor as opposed to an employee under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). [read post]
20 Aug 2013, 9:27 am by Wage & Hour Blogger
City of Kirkland, the MOU between the City and the police officers stated that “[f]or purposes of complying with the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Patrol Division work period shall be eight days and the Detective Division seven days. [read post]
19 Oct 2015, 4:00 am by The Public Employment Law Press
In 2010 13 current or former Sergeants and Deputies commenced an action against the County and the Department [Employer] in the United States District Court* for the Western District of New York alleging that the County and the Department [herein after "Employer"] violated the Fair Labor Standards Act [[FLSA] 29 USC §201 et seq.] in compensating them for attending or conducting roll call briefings. [read post]
The preamble to the MOU emphasizes the purpose of the MOU, stating that it is to “better root out practices that harm workers in the ‘gig economy’ and other labor markets [and] to enhance the enforcement of federal laws and regulations administered by the agencies. [read post]
12 May 2011, 5:14 am
The Department of Labor monitors child labor and enforces child labor laws and under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). [read post]
6 Dec 2017, 1:42 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
January 4, 2018 is the deadline to share comments on a Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division of the (DOL) Proposed Ruleto rescind the parts of its Fait Labor Standards Act tip regulation that bars tip-sharing arrangements in establishments where the employers pay full Federal minimum wage and do not take a tip credit against their minimum wage obligations published on December 5, 2017. [read post]
5 Dec 2011, 11:29 am
Department of Labor's ongoing enforcement initiative, under the Wage and Hour Division (WHD), targeting the restaurant industry in various states across the country--where comprehensive noncompliance with the FLSA's overtime, record-keeping and minimum wage provisions have been found. [read post]
15 Mar 2015, 4:38 pm by Jeffrey D. Polsky
You can also get in trouble with the Internal Revenue Service, the Employment Development Department, the US Department of Labor, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, the Franchise Tax Board, and others. [read post]
17 Feb 2011, 5:51 pm by Daniel Schwartz
  The Wage & Workforce Standards Division has a lot of complaints or requests -- nearly 26,000 last year. [read post]
1 Jun 2010, 8:35 am by Hunton & Williams LLP
For years, employers wrestling with thorny wage and hour issues under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) have used the Wage & Hour Division’s (“WHD”) opinion letters for fact-specific guidance. [read post]