Blog posts in tag employment legal advice

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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Welcome Back, Wage and Hour Opinion Letters

Posted on 05/31/2018 at 11:34 AM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: CCPA, Consumer Credit Protection Act, discrimination lawyers, DOL, DOL Wage and Hour Division, employment agreement, employment attorney, employment contracts, employment law, employment law attorney, employment legal advice, FLSA, FMLA, Iowa Employer Law Blog, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, labor law, labor lawyers, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, opinion letters, Secretary of Labor Alex Acosta, travel compensation, Wage and Hour Division, wage garnishment, WHD, work lawyer

Welcome Back, Wage and Hour Opinion Letters

For decades, the U.S Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division’s (WHD) opinion letters were welcomed by e...

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Supreme Court Finds Auto Service Advisors Exempt from Overtime, Rejects ‘Narrow Construction’ Principle in Applying FLSA Exemptions

Posted on 05/01/2018 at 04:14 PM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: construction, discrimination lawyers, DOL Wage and Hour Division, eeoc lawyer, employment agreement, employment attorney, employment contract, employment law, employment law attorney, employment legal advice, Encino Motorcars v Navarro, FLSA, Iowa Employer Law Blog, labor lawyers, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, overtime provisions for exempt employees, United States Supreme Court, work lawyer

Supreme Court Finds Auto Service Advisors Exempt from Overtime, Rejects ‘Narrow Construction’ Principle in Applying FLSA Exemptions

On April 2, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro. This case addressed the...

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Limited Time Offer! DOL Announces Start of Six-Month PAID Pilot Program

Posted on 04/04/2018 at 11:38 AM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: DOL, employment agreement, employment attorney, employment contracts, employment law, employment law attorney, employment legal advice, FLSA, Iowa Employer Law Blog, Iowa employment law attorneys, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, labor attorney, labor law, labor lawyers, labour law, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, local attorneys, PAID, Payroll Audit Independent Determination Program, work lawyer

Limited Time Offer! DOL Announces Start of Six-Month PAID Pilot Program

On April 3, 2018 the US Department of Labor announced the immediate start of its “Payroll Audit Independent Determ...

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DOL’s PAID Program: Wage and Hour to Supervise Settlements When Employers Voluntarily Disclose Violations

Posted on 03/15/2018 at 01:48 PM by Mike Staebell

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

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DOL’s PAID Program: Wage and Hour to Supervise Settlements When Employers Voluntarily Disclose Violations

On March 6, 2018, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced an upcoming nationwide pilot designed to streamline the r...

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Paying Holiday Bonuses? Make Sure Yours Don’t Create a New Year’s Surprise

Posted on 12/21/2017 at 10:33 AM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: bonus pay, discrimination lawyers, DOL Wage and Hour Division, eeoc lawyer, employment agreement, employment attorney, employment contract, employment law, employment law attorney, employment legal advice, FLSA, Iowa Employer Law Blog, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, labor lawyers, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, legal advice, local attorneys, work lawyer

Paying Holiday Bonuses? Make Sure Yours Don’t Create a New Year’s Surprise

It is the time of year when employers are rewarding their employees with holiday bonuses.  If you are one of these...

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Save Local Business Act Passes the House: Bill Brings Clarity to Confusing Joint Employment Law

Posted on 12/19/2017 at 02:55 PM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: discrimination lawyers, DOL, eeoc lawyer, employee benefits, employment attorney, employment contract, employment law, employment law attorney, employment legal advice, Fair Labor Standards Act, hiring, Iowa Employer Law Blog, Iowa employment law, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, labor lawyers, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, legal advice, local attorneys, National Labor Relations Act, Save Local Business Act, Wage and Hour, work lawyer

Save Local Business Act Passes the House: Bill Brings Clarity to Confusing Joint Employment Law

On November 8, the U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 3441, the Save Local Business Act.   If passed by t...

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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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FMLA issues that plague employers and how to cope with them, Pt. IV: Exceeding the frequency or duration of intermittent FMLA leave

Posted on 11/13/2017 at 10:13 AM by Mike Staebell

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

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FMLA issues that plague employers and how to cope with them, Pt. IV: Exceeding the frequency or duration of intermittent FMLA leave

Three recent Wage and Hour Watch blogs discussed several common FMLA issues faced by employers. Those blogs expand...

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FMLA issues that plague employers and how to cope with them, Pt. III: Failure to follow call-in procedures

Posted on 11/01/2017 at 03:15 PM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: call in policy, discrimination lawyers, DOL, EEOC, eeoc lawyer, employment agreement, employment contract, employment law, employment law attorney, employment lawyer, employment legal advice, find a lawyer, FMLA, Iowa Employer Law Blog, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, labor lawyers, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, legal advice, local attorneys, work lawyer

FMLA issues that plague employers and how to cope with them, Pt. III: Failure to follow call-in procedures

Two recent Wage and Hour Watch blogs discussed several common FMLA issues faced by employers.  Those blogs expand o...

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