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FLSA “Regular Rate” Regulations are a Current Hot Topic for the DOL

Posted on 02/05/2019 at 11:16 AM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: DOL Wage and Hour Division, FLSA, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, Opinion Letter FLSA2018-28, overtime pay, Regular Rate

Under the FLSA, the “regular rate” is a mathematical computation used to determine the straight-time rate of...

DOL’s Latest Proposed Regulations Addressing the FLSA White Collar Exemption Salary Test Are Drawing Closer but May Be Delayed by the Shutdown

Posted on 01/17/2019 at 01:58 PM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: DOL, DOL Wage and Hour Division, FLSA, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, overtime pay, white collar exemption regulation

According to several sources, including Bloomberg Law, the DOL has sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for...

2018 Wage and Hour Opinion Letters Offer Helpful FMLA Guidance

Posted on 12/21/2018 at 10:00 AM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: Compliance Specialist, Department of Labor, DOL Wage and Hour Division, FLSA, FMLA

The Wage and Hour Watch reported on the reintroduction of Administrator’s Opinion Letters by DOL’s Wage and...

Can the Wage and Hour Division Really Help?

Posted on 12/07/2018 at 02:17 PM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: Compliance Specialist, Department of Labor, DOL Wage and Hour Division, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch

Back in 1982 when I began my career with the Wage and Hour Division (WHD), I attended an intense four-week classroom tra...

Fall 2018 Regulatory Agenda Shows Where DOL’s Wage and Hour Division is Headed

Posted on 11/02/2018 at 12:35 PM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: Department of Labor, FLSA, joint employer, overtime pay, Tip Regulations, white collar exemption regulation

Twice a year, in spring and fall, the federal government issues its Unified Regulatory Agenda. This agenda sets fo...

Just When You Thought the Trump DOL Was Relaxing Enforcement

Posted on 10/26/2018 at 12:13 PM by Mike Staebell

Under the current administration, a number of DOL regulations have gone by the wayside by way of the Congressional Revie...

New FMLA Forms? Not Really.

Posted on 09/07/2018 at 10:46 AM by Mike Staebell

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Mike Staebell

Tagged As: Employment Law-Management - Des Moines Iowa, FMLA, FMLA eligibility, FMLA notification form, post-eligible FMLA leave

The Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 requires the DOL to submit its forms at least every three years to the Office of Man...

It’s Complicated – A Primer on Paying Non-Exempt Employees for Travel Time Under the FLSA

Posted on 08/27/2018 at 03:24 PM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: FLSA, Iowa Employer Law Blog, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, travel compensation, travel time

I have made hundreds of FLSA presentations over the years. Of those, there were only a handful where the issue of...

Nine Years Later: The US DOL Reinstates Guidance on the Status of Coaches Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

Posted on 07/02/2018 at 03:23 PM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: Department of Labor, discrimination lawyers, DOL, EEOC, eeoc lawyer, employment agreement, employment attorney, employment contract, employment law, employment legal advice, Fair Labor Standards Act requirements, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, labor lawyers, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, reversal, Wage and Hour, work lawyer, coaches, Trump Administration, statutory construction test, service advisors, salespersons, over-time, legislative history, exempt-employees, congressional intent, car dealerships, automotive industry

This summer, as teachers enjoy their vacations and administrators consider coaching staffing needs for the 2018-2019 sch...

Welcome Back, Wage and Hour Opinion Letters

Posted on 05/31/2018 at 11:34 AM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: CCPA, Consumer Credit Protection Act, discrimination lawyers, DOL, DOL Wage and Hour Division, employment agreement, employment attorney, employment contracts, employment law, employment law attorney, employment legal advice, FLSA, FMLA, Iowa Employer Law Blog, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, labor law, labor lawyers, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, opinion letters, Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta, travel compensation, Wage and Hour Division, wage garnishment, WHD, work lawyer

For decades, the U.S Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division’s (WHD) opinion letters were welcomed by e...

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