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FLSA Overtime Rules Published on April 26, 2024: Engage Conversations (WorldatWork Member Online Community, join the continued discussion on the updated rules);Appellate Court Upholds DOL Authority Behind Recent OT Final Rule (Workspan Daily, Sep. 12, 2024);Chevron Doctrine Overturned: What It Means for Employers (Workspan Daily, Jul. 3, 2024);Texas Court Blocks OT Final Rule; Impact Is Limited (and Wide-Ranging) Workspan Daily, Jul. 1, 2024);The Latest on the Overtime Final Rule: In the Courts and News Reports (Workspan Daily, Jun. 26, 2024);DOL Overtime Rule Update: Guidance to Prepare, Act and Strategize (Workspan Magazine, June-July 2024);Overtime Final Rule: Insiders Share Ramifications, Recommendations (Workspan Daily, May 6, 2024);Federal OT Rule Finalized: Are You and Your Org Ready for the Changes?
Workspan Daily
08/09/2024
DOL investigators discovered the employers violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) for years by: Willfully failing to pay employees for all hours worked, including work done during meal breaks;;Failing to incorporate all promised compensation, including nondiscretionary bonuses and shift differentials, when calculating overtime pay;;Avoiding paying overtime by incorrectly treating employees as exempt from the FLSA’s overtime requirements; and;Not keeping accurate records of hours employees worked and compensation due for those hours.; Editor’s Note: Additional Content For more information and resources related to this article, see the pages below, which offer quick access to all WorldatWork content on these topics: Employee Benefits;Employee Compensation;Total Rewards;Finance and Budgeting;
Workspan Daily
04/14/2023
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After eight years of litigation , a federal district court in California last week found that a Grubhub delivery driver was an employee — not an independent contractor as the company claimed — for minimum wage and overtime claims.
Workspan Daily
09/21/2022
Within “productivity,” work time and overtime are foundational metrics to track.
Workspan Daily
01/03/2025
Managers then redistributed these tips to nontipped employees, including kitchen staff.;
;Failed to pay tipped employees the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour.;
;Incorrectly paid tipped employees overtime based on the tip credit rate instead of the applicable minimum wage rate.;
;Failed to keep accurate records of employees’ hourly rates of pay and overtime wages due.;
“If an employer claims the tip credit, tips may only be shared by employees who customarily receive tips as part of their wage compensation,” stated Mary O’Rourke, a Wage and Hour Division district director in Michigan.
Workspan Daily
06/06/2024
More than 1,000 total rewards professionals attended a WorldatWork webinar on the DOL’s recent overtime final rule.
Workspan Daily
01/15/2025
Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, Jan. 15, that employers need not provide “clear and convincing evidence” to support their application of Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provisions toward classifying employees as exempt for overtime and minimum wage requirements.
Workspan Daily
03/22/2023
The question is of concern to employers because salaried workers can become eligible for overtime pay if employers make deductions from their wages.
Workspan Daily
12/02/2024
MacDonald noted that some of the labor-related areas pending right now are in litigation. 2024 Overtime Rule … R.I.P.
Workspan Daily
06/22/2022
While the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) includes an array of exemptions from minimum wage and/or overtime requirements, most misclassification issues that land in court involve the “white collar” exemptions (executive, administrative, professional, computer, and outside sales).