Blog posts in tag DOL

DOL Announces Results of the Payroll Audit Determination Program (PAID)

Posted on 10/08/2019 at 12:17 PM by Mike Staebell

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Mike Staebell, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: DOL, DOL Wage and Hour Division, FLSA, labor and employment, PAID, WHD

DOL Announces Results of the Payroll Audit Determination Program (PAID)

In a press release dated September 26, 2019, the DOL Wage and Hour Division announced that since implementing its PAID P...

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At Last: DOL Announces Final Rule on Salary Threshold for White Collar FLSA Exemptions

Posted on 09/26/2019 at 10:12 AM by Mike Staebell

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: DOL, FSLA Exemptions, White Collar FSLA Exemptions

At Last: DOL Announces Final Rule on Salary Threshold for White Collar FLSA Exemptions

On Tuesday September 24, 2019, the DOL announced its latest attempt to raise the minimum salary required for application...

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After 55 years, DOL-WHD Reinterprets Compensability of Sleep Time for Truck Drivers

Posted on 08/07/2019 at 02:27 PM by Mike Staebell

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Mike Staebell, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: Department of Labor, DOL, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch

After 55 years, DOL-WHD Reinterprets Compensability of Sleep Time for Truck Drivers

On July 22, 2019, DOL’s Wage and Hour Division issued an opinion letter (FLSA2019-10) on whether an employee&rsquo...

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Tipped Employees and the FLSA: DOL Offers Welcome Guidance

Posted on 05/29/2019 at 09:14 AM by Mike Staebell

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Mike Staebell, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: Department of Labor, DOL, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, Iowa employers, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, Tip Regulations, WHD

Tipped Employees and the FLSA: DOL Offers Welcome Guidance

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act’s tip credit rules, employers can pay a base hourly wage as low as $2.13/hour t...

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DOL Proposes Revisions to Joint Employer Regulations

Posted on 04/02/2019 at 10:25 AM by Mike Staebell

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: DOL, FLSA, joint employment, Mike Staebell, notice of proposed rulemaking, regulations

DOL Proposes Revisions to Joint Employer Regulations

On April 1, 2019, the Department of Labor announced a Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) for Part 791 of Title 29 of...

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DOL Announces Proposed Rule to amend the FLSA’s Regular Rate Provisions

Posted on 03/29/2019 at 09:26 AM by Mike Staebell

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: DOL, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, Mike Staebell, Regular Rate

DOL Announces Proposed Rule to amend the FLSA’s Regular Rate Provisions

On March 28, the U.S. Department of Labor announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) to clarify and amend the...

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DOL WHD PUBLISHES PROPOSED CHANGES TO EAP EXEMPTIONS TO FLSA

Posted on 03/22/2019 at 11:38 AM by Russell Samson

Categories: Russ Samson, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: DOL, Fair Labor Standards Act, FLSA, U.S. Department of Labor, WHD, white collar exemption regulation

DOL WHD PUBLISHES PROPOSED CHANGES TO EAP EXEMPTIONS TO FLSA

As we discussed here, on Thursday, March 7, 2019, the Wage and Hour Division of the United States Department of Labor pu...

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We Know What You Are Doing – And You’d Better Knock It Off DOL’s New “Warning Letter”

Posted on 03/20/2019 at 02:35 PM by Mike Staebell

Categories: Business Law, Commercial Litigation, Employment & Labor Law, Mike Staebell, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: DOL, FLSA, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch

We Know What You Are Doing – And You’d Better Knock It Off DOL’s New “Warning Letter”

Recently, an employer came to the firm with a letter  from the DOL’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD).  The...

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DOL’s Latest Proposed Regulations Addressing the FLSA White Collar Exemption Salary Test Are Drawing Closer but May Be Delayed by the Shutdown

Posted on 01/17/2019 at 01:58 PM by Mike Staebell

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Mike Staebell, Wage & Hour Watch

Tagged As: DOL, DOL Wage and Hour Division, FLSA, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, overtime pay, white collar exemption regulation

DOL’s Latest Proposed Regulations Addressing the FLSA White Collar Exemption Salary Test Are Drawing Closer but May Be Delayed by the Shutdown

According to several sources, including Bloomberg Law, the DOL has sent to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for...

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Nine Years Later: The US DOL Reinstates Guidance on the Status of Coaches Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

Posted on 07/02/2018 at 03:23 PM by Mike Staebell

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Mike Staebell, Wage & Hour Watch

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Nine Years Later: The US DOL Reinstates Guidance on the Status of Coaches Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

This summer, as teachers enjoy their vacations and administrators consider coaching staffing needs for the 2018-2019 sch...

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