Department of Labor Penalties Increased
In November of 2015, Congress passed the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act, requiring federal agencies to increase their civil penalties to account for inflation. Many agencies had not done so in more than a decade. This initial...
Transitioning Employees from Exempt to Non-Exempt
Employees who will be transitioned from an exempt to non-exempt classification because of the new FLSA overtime rules may resent the change in classification. They may feel that tracking time is beneath them, that they’re being micromanaged, that their position has...
Administrative, Professional, Computer, and Executive FLSA Exemptions
With the new changes coming to the FLSA overtime rules later this year, many business owners may still have questions about who is considered exempt and non-exempt. The four types of employee classifications that are not affected by the new rules are...

