Misclassifying Workers as Independent Contractors

Misclassifying Workers as Independent Contractors

Employers may unknowingly trigger risks of labor violation penalties and fines by improperly classifying individuals as independent contractors. By doing so, employers may also be denying workers of certain employee benefits (e.g. overtime and the federal Family...
New York Overtime Exemption Rule Published

New York Overtime Exemption Rule Published

On December 28, 2016, the proposed overtime exemption rule for employers in New York State was published by the New York Department of Labor, with the new rule taking effect on December 31, 2016. The following salary levels will now become the threshold for the...
New FLSA Overtime Rules on Hold

New FLSA Overtime Rules on Hold

On Tuesday afternoon, a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas issued a nationwide preliminary injunction on the Department of Labor’s new overtime rules, which were slated to go into effect in just over a week on December 1, 2016....
Informing Employees About the New Overtime Rules

Informing Employees About the New Overtime Rules

Q: I’m trying to think of how to go about informing employees about the new overtime rules. We have employees working in many locations, so I was thinking I could just send a company-wide email telling ALL employees that their overtime needs to be pre-approved. This...

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