Last week, the full U. S. Senate voted along party lines to confirm California Secretary of Labor as the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Labor. The controversial nomination of Julie Su by President Biden to serve as the #2 executive in the Department of Labor was advanced by the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and…
Read More »When is enough, enough? The Department of Labor under former President Obama increased the overtime threshold, below which all employees are overtime eligible from the current $23,660 to $47,476, only to have that increase thrown out by the federal court. After further review and public comment, the DOL under President Trump split the difference somewhat…
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In this day and age, most employers have considered the possibility of wage-hour liability. Savvy employers understand that wage-hour liability comes in many different forms, and two of the most talked about have been “misclassification” and unpaid overtime. Misclassification can occur in one of two ways: either the employer classifies a worker as an independent…
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