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Workspan Daily
11/04/2024
For WorldatWork Members 2024-2025 Salary Budget Survey , research;FLSA Implementation Toolkit , tool;DOL Overtime Rule Update: Fresh Guidance to Prepare, Act and Strategize , Workspan Magazine article; For Everyone Appellate Court Upholds DOL Authority Behind Recent Overtime Final Rule , Workspan Daily article;Chevron Doctrine Overturned: What It Means for Employers , Workspan Daily article;Texas Court Blocks OT Final Rule; Impact Is Limited (and Wide-Ranging) , Workspan Daily article;The Latest on the Overtime Final Rule — In the Courts and News Reports , Workspan Daily article;Act Now (or Wait): Lawyer Chimes In as Initial OT Rule Date Approaches , Workspan Daily article;Overtime Final Rule: Insiders Share Ramifications, Recommendations , Workspan Daily article;Federal OT Rule Finalized; Are You and Your Org Ready for the Changes?
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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.
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Workspan Daily
01/22/2025
As acting secretary of labor, Micone will likely begin taking steps to repeal several Biden-era rules, including regulations on
overtime pay (see below) and determining when workers can betreated as independent contractorsrather than employees.
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Workspan Daily
02/04/2025
Classifying employees (either intentionally or unintentionally) as exempt when their duties do not fall within the qualifications and standards for an executive, administrative, professional, computer/or and outside sales employee; in doing so, affected employees unlawfully do not receive the protections and benefits within the FLSA’s minimum wage and overtime rules.;
;Off-the-clock work.
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Workspan Daily
02/13/2025
., failing to pay tipped employees the federal minimum wage or pocketing workers’ credit card tips);
;Don’t pay overtime (i.e., failing to pay overtime based on the regular hourly rate or failing to pay overtime that includes service charges, commissions and bonuses);
At the federal level alone, in 2024, the U.S.
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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.
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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.
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Workspan Daily
06/06/2024
More than 1,000 total rewards professionals attended a WorldatWork webinar on the DOL’s recent overtime final rule.
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Workspan Daily Plus+
02/04/2025
For WorldatWork Members FLSA Implementation Toolkit , tool;FLSA Research , survey-based research;Multi-State Laws Comparison Tool , tool;
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The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) in the United States requires all work positions to be classified as nonexempt (overtime eligible) unless an employer actively seeks exempt status (not overtime eligible) and can prove a position meets the exemption criteria.
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Workspan Daily
12/06/2024
In manufacturing, the average workweek was steady at 40.0 hours, and overtime edged up by 0.1 hour to 2.9 hours.
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