Fair Labor Standards Act

After 55 years, DOL-WHD Reinterprets Compensability of Sleep Time for Truck Drivers

Posted on 08/07/2019 at 02:27 PM by Mike Staebell

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Mike Staebell, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: Department of Labor, DOL, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch

On July 22, 2019, DOL’s Wage and Hour Division issued an opinion letter (FLSA2019-10) on whether an employee&rsquo...

Tipped Employees and the FLSA: DOL Offers Welcome Guidance

Posted on 05/29/2019 at 09:14 AM by Mike Staebell

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Mike Staebell, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: Department of Labor, DOL, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, Iowa employers, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, Tip Regulations, WHD

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act’s tip credit rules, employers can pay a base hourly wage as low as $2.13/hour t...

DOL Announces Proposed Rule to amend the FLSA’s Regular Rate Provisions

Posted on 03/29/2019 at 09:26 AM by Mike Staebell

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: DOL, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, Mike Staebell, Regular Rate

On March 28, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to clarify and amend the...

DOL WHD PUBLISHES PROPOSED CHANGES TO EAP EXEMPTIONS TO FLSA

Posted on 03/22/2019 at 11:38 AM by Russell Samson

Categories: Russ Samson, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: DOL, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, U.S. Department of Labor, WHD, white collar exemption regulation

As we discussed here, on Thursday, March 7, 2019, the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor pu...

Save Local Business Act Passes the House: Bill Brings Clarity to Confusing Joint Employment Law

Posted on 12/19/2017 at 02:55 PM by Mike Staebell

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Mike Staebell, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: discrimination lawyers, DOL, eeoc lawyer, employee benefits, employment attorney, employment contract, employment law, employment law attorney, employment legal advice, Fair Labor Standards Act, hiring, Iowa Employer Law Blog, Iowa employment law, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, labor lawyers, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, legal advice, local attorneys, National Labor Relations Act, Save Local Business Act, Wage and Hour, work lawyer

On November 8, the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 3441, the Save Local Business Act. If passed by t...

Will comp time come to the private sector?

Posted on 05/15/2017 at 01:11 PM by Mike Staebell

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Mike Staebell, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: comp time, discrimination lawyers, DOL Wage and Hour Division, Donald Trump, EEOC, eeoc lawyer, employment agreement, employment contract, employment law, employment law attorney, employment legal advice, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, Iowa Employer Law Blog, Iowa employers, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, labor lawyers, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, legal advice, Wage and Hour, work lawyer

There’s been a lot of buzz lately about the expansion of comp time. What’s the buzz about? Under Fair Labor...

FLSA fashion: DOL Administrator's interpretation of changing clothes

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:23 AM by Jill Jensen-Welch

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Jill Jensen-Welch

Tagged As: back wages, changing clothes, compensable time, Department of Labor, DOL, donning and doffing PPE, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, personal protective equipment, Pilgrim's Pride Corp class action, Section3(o) exception, Tyson Foods Inc. lawsuit

It may seem odd, but what constitutes clothes and changing clothes matters under the Fair Labor Standards Act...

Blog posts in tag Fair Labor Standards Act

After 55 years, DOL-WHD Reinterprets Compensability of Sleep Time for Truck Drivers

Tipped Employees and the FLSA: DOL Offers Welcome Guidance

DOL Announces Proposed Rule to amend the FLSA’s Regular Rate Provisions

DOL WHD PUBLISHES PROPOSED CHANGES TO EAP EXEMPTIONS TO FLSA

Save Local Business Act Passes the House: Bill Brings Clarity to Confusing Joint Employment Law

Will comp time come to the private sector?

FLSA fashion: DOL Administrator's interpretation of changing clothes