New Test for Unpaid Interns from the DOL
Last Friday the Department of Labor (DOL) adopted a new test for unpaid interns. Employers should use this test—called the primary beneficiary test—when determining if a worker can be properly classified as an unpaid intern or if they need to be classified as an...
Employee Misclassification Penalties
Employers may unknowingly trigger risks of labor violation penalties and fines by improperly classifying employees as independent contractors. These employee misclassification penalties can be quite steep, so it’s important to be vigilant when hiring a worker....
Calculate Overtime per Workweek, not Pay Period
As you may know, the federal overtime provisions contained in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) require that non-exempt employees covered by the Act must receive overtime pay for hours worked over 40 in a week at a rate of at least time and one-half their regular...

