05/14/2021

On May 6, 2021, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) formally withdrew final regulations promulgated earlier this year under the prior administration which set forth, for the first time by way of an Administrative Procedure Act rulemaking, the analysis the Department would use to determine whether a worker was an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).more

02/22/2021

It has been just one month since the inauguration of Joseph Biden as the 46th president of the United States, and he has been moving quickly to change the wage and hour landscape.more

02/01/2021

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has announced the immediate termination of its Payroll Audit Independent Determination (PAID) program.more

01/28/2021

Since at least 2015, when grassroots efforts began in Seattle and San Francisco, the increase of the minimum wage from $7.25 to $15.00 has been a top priority for labor and employee advocates. In numerous ways, the Biden administration has made likewise clear that increasing the minimum wage to $15 is a top priority of the new administration.more

01/25/2021

When an employee leaves and is sitting on a big number of unused vacation hours, the question of whether that employee is entitled to be paid for the unused time can implicate a significant figure. So must the employee be paid for that time or not?more

01/04/2021

Human resource professionals are already running at full speed trying to keep up with the seismic changes brought on by the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) pandemic.more