Category Archives: Fair Labor Standards Act

Feb 1, 2013  |   By Elizabeth Leyda →

Drawing a Very Fine Line: Determining Creative Professional Exemption Status Under the FLSA

Who is an artist? For that matter, who gets to decide? These are existential questions rarely touched upon by folks who are not artists themselves.  But if your business employs creative types, you, unfortunately, must also wade into this philosophical quagmire, at least for the purposes of determining whether the artist is entitled to overtime pay.  It’s an issue with real-world, not just ethereal, consequences.     Continue reading →

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Jul 9, 2012  |   By Todd Stanton →

When is Travel Time Compensable?

A recent call from one of my favorite clients prompted this post.  His question: I have non-exempt employees who travel internationally for business.  They sit on the plane for a long time going to and from assignments.  Do I have to pay them to watch in-flight movies? My answer: It depends.  And the factors on which it depends are really dumb. As you are aware,     Continue reading →

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Jun 11, 2012  |   By Todd Stanton →

Touching on the Most Common Issues

Most employers are too busy with their day-to-day operations to expend much bandwidth wringing their hands over the nuances of employment-law compliance.  With this in mind, take a quick look at a rundown of the four most common employment law issues we see in our practice.  Simply knowing that these land mines are out there can go a long way towards avoiding serious problems down     Continue reading →

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Mar 20, 2012  |   By Todd Stanton →

Unpaid Internships: No Panacea

Especially in these tough economic times, your company is looking to cut labor costs however it can.  And if you can, at the same time do, a favor for a deserving young person looking to gain industry experience, all the better.  An unpaid intern for your organization, then, would seem like a great idea, right?  You get free help and the intern gets a resume     Continue reading →

Posted in Best HR Practices, Fair Labor Standards Act, Featured, Interships, Overtime, Wage Payment, Worker Classification   |  

Feb 26, 2012  |   By Todd Stanton →

Overview of the Fair Labor Standards Act

The most common problem I’ve encountered since opening up my practice is employers who are not compensating their employees correctly.  Unfortunately for these employers, wage and hour cases are big business for plaintiffs’ attorneys, and the Department of Labor loves making examples out of unsuspecting employers who are, in many cases, simply uninformed about the intricacies of compensation law.  Even a single FLSA violation (even     Continue reading →

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