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Overtime for Administrative Employees?
Do you wonder if overtime for administrative employees is legally required? We can explain your rights to overtime.
Firing an Employee? Follow These Tips
Can I fire someone? When should I do it? Will I get sued? Terminating an employee can give any business owner anxiety. Beth Milito of the NFIB Small Business...
6 Tips to Help You Avoid Employee Lawsuits
As a small business, you may think employment law doesn't really apply to you, but you'd be wrong.
What Workers Should Know About Proposed Overtime Rule Changes
New overtime law policies could alter who counts as an exempt employee and a non-exempt employee.
How Do State Overtime Pay Rules Differ from Federal Law?
Under federal law, employers must pay nonexempt workers time and a half for all hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. That may seem straightforward, but differences in state laws make overtime compliance more complicated.
Are Salaried Employees Entitled to Overtime?
There is lingering myth that if you are paid a salary, as opposed to an hourly wage, you are exempt from being paid overtime. As you will see in this article, however, it isn’t so cut and dry. There are some qualifiers to consider. Salary Limit You are not exempt if you earn less than …
Small Business Guide to Overtime Laws
The laws governing overtime requirements can change, and the penalties for noncompliance can be expensive, so it's important to stay in the know.
How to Win Your Unpaid Overtime Case
Evidence of overtime violations may include time sheets, pay stubs and other payroll records, any employment agreements, emails or correspondence between you and your employer, and employee manuals, policies and procedures. If you do not have official ti
How employers can prepare for DOL overtime rules
Companies should immediately review their pay scales for employees and make adjustments where they see fit to either begin paying overtime or to raise salaries to correspond to the new change.
No Hate to Arbitrate? EEOC Changes Stance on Arbitration Agreements
Can you require employees to sign arbitration agreements? After more than 20 years of saying no, the EEOC has reversed its policy and says you can. ...
Are You Eligible for Overtime? What the New Labor Rules Could Mean for You
Soon you may find you qualify for some extra pay. We explain whom the new law impacts most and how it could change your salary.
How well do you know overtime and minimum wage law?
Classifying and paying your workers can be complex (and, in many cases, highly specific). Do you know which employees receive overtime and minimum wage pay?
What You Should Know About Overtime Pay Laws
Discover what overtime pay is, how it's calculated and if you need to offer it to your employees.
After-Acquired Evidence and Self-Help Discovery: What Employees Need to Know
How does taking evidence from an employer affect an antidiscrimination case? The self-help discovery and after-acquired evidence doctrines intersect.
Who deserves overtime? And who doesn’t? Questions and answers.
Can I Be Fired for Overtime Wages Complaint or Lawsuit?
Federal law protects employees who are retaliated against for complaining about unpaid overtime wages. learn more about your legal rights here.
Not sure if the overtime rule applies to you? Contact these people.
If you aren't sure or feel that your employer may be paying you incorrectly, whether you're salaried or not, you have some options.
5 Things to Know Before You Handle an Administrative Action
Many attorneys are unfamiliar with the forum when they find themselves involved in an administrative action. Don’t worry—these tips will help.
Are organizations hindering employee whistleblowing?
Some measures organizations undertake to promote fraud reporting sometimes have the opposite effect. What can management do to encourage whistleblowing? This article offers a series of suggestions.
Employee evidence gathering or employee data theft?
Clients may think they're helping their cases by taking or deleting documents but those actions could be data theft and could violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
