by Market Cheetah | Feb 6, 2021 | California, Compensation Compliance, Human Resources
An exempt employee who entered into an agreement with her employer to reduce her salary and hours was not entitled to damages when her hours increased but her salary did not, a California appeals court ruled.
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by Market Cheetah | Feb 4, 2021 | Compensation Compliance, Employment Law, Human Resources
Employers will no longer be able to participate in a federal program that allowed businesses to self-report federal minimum wage and overtime violations in an effort to avoid litigation under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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by Market Cheetah | Jan 25, 2021 | Compensation Compliance, Human Resources, Unemployment Compensation
President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Jan. 22 aiming to ultimately raise the minimum wage for federal contractors and expanding access to unemployment benefits during the pandemic.
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by Market Cheetah | Jan 14, 2021 | Compensation Compliance, Employment Law, Human Resources
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued two opinion letters addressing whether an employer properly classified account managers as exempt from overtime pay and whether a private religious day care can pay its teachers on an exempt salary basis under the ministerial exception.
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by Market Cheetah | Jan 7, 2021 | Compensation Compliance, Human Resources, Minnesota
Effective Jan. 1, the Minneapolis Freelance Worker Protection Ordinance expands wage-theft protections to independent contractors who perform services in the city.
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by Market Cheetah | Jan 7, 2021 | Compensation Compliance, Employment Law, Human Resources
Employees who need to attend a midday parent-teacher conference or doctor’s appointment sometimes choose to split their workday between the office and home. So is the time spent driving to and from the appointment compensable?
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