The Wall Street Journal got the minimum wage wrong. But the good news is they issued an errata shortly thereafter correcting the mistake.
Read MoreThe Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) authorizes the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) to investigate, gather data, interview employees, enter and inspect work sites and review records as well as to gather data about hours worked and compensation paid. It can be quite intrusive; however, cooperation is certainly preferable to a perp walk. Read on to learn more about how an employer found himself arrested by the U.S. Marshal.
Read MoreThe Biden Administration has issued an Executive Order and proposed regulations for project labor agreements which will likely get finalized and become effective in 2023. it is time for construction contractors to get prepared.
Read MoreMany (if not most) of the myriad laws, regulations, and executive orders that apply to federal contractors each come with their own requirements to notify employees of the existence of these laws and their rights under them. For every rule, there’s a poster. News flash: they change - All. The. Time.
Read MoreA New Hampshire Federal Court orders a North Conway restaurant to pay $148,128 in back wages and liquidated damages to 31 employees for violating the FLSA.
Read MoreFreddy’s back! DOL is tinkering with the independent contractor rules yet again. And one Philadelphia medical staffing company had to cough up $9.3M to cover the back wages, liquidated damages, and civil money penalties for going to far.
Read MoreDOL publishes a Notice on the Federal Register listing the new Federal Contractor Minimum Wage rates starting January 1, 2023.
Read MoreThe Department of Labor expands coverage of the Service Contract Act to another traditionally uncovered contract.
Read MoreThe explanation to the disconnect in the Federal survey employment reports is that perhaps many workers are taking two full-time jobs, and getting two paychecks, while they work remotely from home. Government contract employers beware!
Read MoreDOL publishes the Android version of their Timekeeping application.
Read MoreSometimes the wage and hour regulations cannot be taken literally. Instead, you need to figure out the regulatory intent. For example, the SCA and DBA regulations bar the employer from claiming a credit for paying social security, worker’s comp and unemployment premiums. These tax like payments are not fringe benefits. But other federal and state mandated benefit plans like Obamacare, Romneycare in Massachusetts, holidays, and leave are fringe benefits and can be credited towards compliance.
Read MoreA recent Maryland case demonstrates how state law can supplant federal law with respect to wage and hour obligations. Federal contractors must be vigilant to avoid getting caught in this sometimes quite tangled web.
Read MoreDOL issues a proposed rule regarding the Nondisplacement of Qualified Workers Executive Order.
Read MoreRecently, DOL has published a record of employers who have been caught violating the Wage and Hour or Occupational Safety and Health Administration laws. There is now a searchable data base that allows the public to search for violators by company name.
Read MoreDOL issues proposed revisions to WD-10, a wage survey collection tool submitted by construction contractors. Get prepare to classify your own projects.
Read MoreAdministrative Review Board interprets DOL’s de minimis standard for truck drivers working on a DBA covered worksite.
Read MoreThe Department of Labor continues to seek liquidated damages in pre-litigation settlements for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Read MoreA U.S. District Court judge holds that a contractor had not received final agency action to allow an Administrative Procedure Act suit. Thus a challenge to DOL’s determination that the Service Contract Act applies to cooperative agreements is not ripe for appeal.
Read MoreFalsifying payroll records, paying bonuses instead of premium overtime pay, and being a general scofflaw gets you double damages and civil money penalties. No Virginia, crime does not pay.
Read MoreThe Department of Labor is set to publish a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking proposing the largest overhaul to Davis-Bacon Act regulations in 40 years.
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