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Keep Your Company Compliant in June: Hours, Classifications, and Payment of Wages
Employment Law & HR Topics
Keep Your Company Compliant in June: Hours, Classifications, and Payment of Wages

If you are in HR, you’re no stranger to compliance management, forms, and deadlines—though keeping them all in order may be a different story. We…

DOL Proposes Increasing Minimum Salary for Overtime-Exempt Employees to $35,308
Employee Management
DOL Proposes Increasing Minimum Salary for Overtime-Exempt Employees to $35,308

The Department of Labor has proposed an increase in the federal salary-level threshold for white collar exemptions to $35,308 per year from $23,660. If finalized,…

GET READY! Proposed Federal Overtime Regulations Are Out, and You’d Better be Prepared
Employment Law & HR Topics
GET READY! Proposed Federal Overtime Regulations Are Out, and You’d Better be Prepared

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has released its long-awaited proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulations containing the "white-collar" exemptions to…

DOL Issues Guidance on Employee vs. Independent Contractor Classification
Employee Management
DOL Issues Guidance on Employee vs. Independent Contractor Classification

Determining whether a worker is an employee or an independent contractor can be a confusing (and, if done incorrectly, costly) endeavor. Though some employers may…

MISCLASSIFICATION OF EXEMPT EMPLOYEES CAN RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES FOR EMPLOYERS
California
MISCLASSIFICATION OF EXEMPT EMPLOYEES CAN RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL CONSEQUENCES FOR EMPLOYERS

Costa Solutions LLC, a warehouse service provider to the HEB grocery chain, has agreed to pay $146,459 in overtime back wages to 63 current and…

California Employer LAWlert: Urgent Alert
California
California Employer LAWlert: Urgent Alert

On September 25, 2013, California Governor Jerry Brown signed a new law making California the first state to reach a $10 per hour minimum wage.…