Blog posts in tag Department of Labor

DOL Publishes a Request for Information on Current FMLA Regulations

Posted on 07/31/2020 at 03:11 PM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: Department of Labor, employees, employers, Family and Medical Leave Act, Family Medical Leave Act, Federal Register, FMLA, Request for Information , U.S. Department of Labor

DOL Publishes a Request for Information on Current FMLA Regulations

On July 17, 2020, the USDOL’s Wage and Hour Division published a “Request for Information” (RFI) in the Federal Register...

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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’s time spen...

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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 to empl...

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2018 Wage and Hour Opinion Letters Offer Helpful FMLA Guidance

Posted on 12/21/2018 at 10:00 AM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: Compliance Specialist, Department of Labor, DOL Wage and Hour Division, FLSA, FMLA

2018 Wage and Hour Opinion Letters Offer Helpful FMLA Guidance

The Wage and Hour Watch reported on the reintroduction of Administrator’s Opinion Letters by DOL’s Wage and Hour Divisio...

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Can the Wage and Hour Division Really Help?

Posted on 12/07/2018 at 02:17 PM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: Compliance Specialist, Department of Labor, DOL Wage and Hour Division, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch

Can the Wage and Hour Division Really Help?

Back in 1982 when I began my career with the Wage and Hour Division (WHD), I attended an intense four-week classroom tra...

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Fall 2018 Regulatory Agenda Shows Where DOL’s Wage and Hour Division is Headed

Posted on 11/02/2018 at 12:35 PM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: Department of Labor, FLSA, joint employer, overtime pay, Tip Regulations, white collar exemption regulation

Fall 2018 Regulatory Agenda Shows Where DOL’s Wage and Hour Division is Headed

Twice a year, in spring and fall, the federal government issues its Unified Regulatory Agenda.  This agenda sets forth u...

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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

Tagged As: automotive industry, car dealerships, coaches, congressional intent, Department of Labor, discrimination lawyers, DOL, EEOC, eeoc lawyer, employment agreement, employment attorney, employment contract, employment law, employment legal advice, exempt-employees, Fair Labor Standards Act requirements, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, labor lawyers, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, legislative history, over-time, reversal, salespersons, service advisors, statutory construction test, Trump Administration, Wage and Hour, work lawyer

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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DOL proposes changes to rules on tipped employee pay

Posted on 12/05/2017 at 03:04 PM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: Department of Labor, Des Moines employment attorney, DOL, DOL Wage and Hour Division, EEOC, eeoc lawyer, employment agreement, employment attorney, employment contract, employment law, employment legal advice, FLSA, Iowa Employer Law Blog, labor lawyers, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, National Restaurant Association et al v. Perez

DOL proposes changes to rules on tipped employee pay

Today (December 5), the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking regarding the tipped em...

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The return of wage and hour opinion letters

Posted on 07/03/2017 at 10:16 AM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: Department of Labor, DOL Wage and Hour Division, employment agreement, employment contract, employment law, employment law attorney, employment legal advice, Fair Labor Standards Act, Family Medical Leave Act, FMLA, Iowa employers, Iowa Wage Payment Collection Law, labor lawyers, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, legal advice, local attorneys, Wage and Hour Division, work lawyer

The return of wage and hour opinion letters

On June 27, the US Department of Labor (DOL) announced it will resume its policy of issuing official Fair Labor Standard...

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USDOL announces another round of Fair Labor Standards Act civil money penalty increases

Posted on 01/19/2017 at 03:24 PM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: child labor laws, Department of Labor, FLSA, Iowa employment law, minimum wage, overtime pay

USDOL announces another round of Fair Labor Standards Act civil money penalty increases

If you are thinking that you’ve heard all this before, it’s not just your imagination.  For the second time in the past...

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