Can an employer really get in trouble if an employee gets COVID? I mean, COVID is airborne, and it’s all around. How can anyone really know exactly how someone gets COVID? Just because your employee has COVID, doesn’t mean s/he got it from work, right? Even if s/he did get COVID at work, that doesn’t […]
I Comp’ed My Employee. Why’s S/he Suing Me for Overtime?
You’re a fair employer. You pay your employees their wages every pay day. You compensate all your employees who put in a bit of extra time on the job. You might do so by giving them time off the next week. In weeks an employee doesn’t quite work the 40 hours, maybe you average the […]
Note to Self: You Can’t Keep Your Employees’ Tips
If you employ “tipped” workers, I have good news and not-so-good news. OK, maybe it’s not really good news, but it’s interesting. The sort of good news is that Congress passed a budget and so the federal government was not shut down. (Yawn– I know). If you’re an employment law nerd like me, you find […]
Surprise! Your Interns Might Really Be Employees…
Many companies hire students as interns. Many employers take for granted that interns do not have to be paid or given benefits. Interns learn while on the job and everyone’s happy, right? Well, hold on a minute. Just last month, the DOL published Field Assistance Bulletin No. 2018-2 (not exactly an attention-grabbing name, I know) in […]
Is it the End for the New White-Collar Exemption Rules?
Back in November a federal judge put the Obama Administration’s overtime rules on hold. I previously posted about that here. But here is the quick recap: The DOL, at President Obama’s instruction, raised the minimum salary level for certain “white-collar” exemptions. Currently, the minimum salary level is $455 per week. The new rules were to […]