Archive for August 2017
Good News for Independent Contracting? Not So Much.
By Tammy McCutchen On June 7, 2017 the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage & Hour Division withdrew its 2015 guidance on independent contracting which had concluded that “most workers are employees.” Good news, but we may have been cheering DOL’s decision a bit prematurely. In its withdrawal of the 2015 guidance, DOL stated that removal…
Read MoreUpdate on Overtime
By Tammy McCutchen In May 2016, the Obama Administration issued a final rule more than doubling the minimum salary level required for the FLSA “white collar” exemptions from $455 per week ($23,660 annualized) to $913 per week ($47,476 annualized). However, just nine days before the rule was scheduled to go into effect on December 1,…
Read MoreGood News for Independent Contracting? Not So Much.
By Tammy McCutchen On June 7, 2017 the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage & Hour Division withdrew its 2015 guidance on independent contracting which had concluded that “most workers are employees.” Good news, but we may have been cheering DOL’s decision a bit prematurely. In its withdrawal of the 2015 guidance, DOL stated that removal…
Read MoreUpdate on Overtime
By Tammy McCutchen In May 2016, the Obama Administration issued a final rule more than doubling the minimum salary level required for the FLSA “white collar” exemptions from $455 per week ($23,660 annualized) to $913 per week ($47,476 annualized). However, just nine days before the rule was scheduled to go into effect on December 1,…
Read MoreTackling Compliance Through Technology
By Lori Brown With the regulatory and legal landscape shifting more rapidly than ever, human resource professionals play a critical role protecting their organizations from compliance slippage. In my nearly three decades of representing companies large and small in connection with employment-related matters, I have found that even the most sophisticated companies fall victim to…
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