Updated March 31.2020
Common Questions about time off during the crisis:
Can an employer force an employee to use vacation time during the pandemic?
The short answer is probably yes. Federal law does not require that an employer provide paid vacation leave and therefore, it also does not regulate the terms or conditions...
A nurse staffing company has agreed to pay a settlement of $3.2 million to compensate employees who claim that the agency underpaid overtime by failing to include the value of per diem stipends and monetary bonuses in the calculation of overtime rates of pay.
This settlement is yet another...
The Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (BIPA) protects workers who are required to use devices such as biometric time clocks to punch-in / punch-out and record their time worked. While the law does not prohibit employers in Illinois from using such...
The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) does not limit the number of hours in a day or days in a week any employee (salaried or hourly) may be required or scheduled to work, including overtime hours, if the employee is at least 16 years old.
What the overtime pay laws dictate is how...
The Department of Labor has released its answer to a question submitted regarding the proper method for calculating overtime pay for a nondiscretionary lump sum bonus under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The answer is important to workers because it directly impacts the base rate (“regular rate”) from which their overtime...
On January 7, 2020 the U.S. Department of Labor issued an opinion letter responding to an inquiry asking whether payments to certain consultants constitute payments on a fee basis or salary basis under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The answer was yes, under the circumstances.
This issue...
Workers employed by two Guam bakeries have recovered over $100,000 in back wages and liquidated damages for violations of their overtime pay rights under the federal labor laws that govern the payment of overtime in Guam – the Fair Labor Standards Act’s.
These workers were paid their straight time...
The California Labor Commission takes a position on how overtime pay is calculated for those paid using a day rate that is significantly different than federal labor laws – providing greater benefits to workers and the right to fair overtime pay.
For California employees who are paid a “day...
While many employers have never paid overtime or Sunday premium pay to inside commissioned salespeople, the Massachusetts Supreme Court (in May 2019) has ruled Massachusetts State Overtime Law requires employers to pay additional compensation for overtime and Sunday work to commissioned sales employees.
Inside salespersons in all types of...
