Blog posts in tag Iowa Wage & Hour Watch

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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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 letter was unlik...

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FLSA “Regular Rate” Regulations are a Current Hot Topic for the DOL

Posted on 02/05/2019 at 11:16 AM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: DOL Wage and Hour Division, FLSA, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, Opinion Letter FLSA2018-28, overtime pay, Regular Rate

FLSA “Regular Rate” Regulations are a Current Hot Topic for the DOL

Under the FLSA, the “regular rate” is a mathematical computation used to determine the straight-time rate of pay for non...

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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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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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It’s Complicated – A Primer on Paying Non-Exempt Employees for Travel Time Under the FLSA

Posted on 08/27/2018 at 03:24 PM by Mike Staebell

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

Tagged As: FLSA, Iowa Employer Law Blog, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, travel compensation, travel time

It’s Complicated – A Primer on Paying Non-Exempt Employees for Travel Time Under the FLSA

I have made hundreds of FLSA presentations over the years.  Of those, there were only a handful where the issue of trave...

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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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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 employers who...

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Revised Form I-9 Effective Soon

Posted on 04/10/2018 at 10:30 AM by The Newsroom

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

Tagged As: employment attorney, employment law, employment law attorney, Employment Law-Management - Des Moines Iowa, I-9 Employment Eligibility/Verification Form, Immigration, Iowa Employer Law Blog, Iowa Wage & Hour Watch, labor attorney, labor lawyers, labour law

Revised Form I-9 Effective Soon

In case you missed it, Dickinson compliance specialist Mike Staebell gave a webinar presentation on the compliance princ...

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