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Alternative Workweeks, Part 3: How to Dismantle an Alternative Workweek Arrangement
California employers can allow employees to work longer days and shorter workweeks without incurring overtime pay by implementing an alternative workweek arrangement. In Parts 1 and 2 of our series on alternative workweeks, we guided you through the steps to set up one of these flexible schedules and explained the different rules that apply for […]
Stock Options: Did Stock Forfeiture Provision in Incentive Compensation Plan Violate Labor Code Pay Rules?
Lower-Wage Earners More Likely To Be Required To Make Health Insurance Contributions
FedEx May Owe Huge Tab for Diver Misclassification
FedEx Corp., which has been in the hot seat lately over allegations of misclassifying delivery drivers as independent contractors (see CWHA October 2007 and October 2006), could owe a whopping $319 million in back taxes and penalties because of the classification problems, the IRS has tentatively concluded. The IRS assessment, which pertains only to 2002, […]
Restaurant Chain Settles Two Big Wage and Hour Suits
Payroll Error Leads to Big Direct Deposits–And Criminal Charges–For Nonemployee
New FMLA Leave For Military Families; Plus DOL Proposes FMLA Rules Update
Wage and Hour Compliance Essentials for Employers
by Kara Shea Wage and hour compliance issues are probably the single greatest source of worry (and sleepless nights) for employers, at least those who are reading the headlines. In the last several years, employers around the country have been hit with huge damages awards in wage and hour litigation or have agreed to pay […]
3 Questions Employers Should Ask in Discrimination Cases
In discrimination cases filed under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, first, the employee must establish a prima facie (minimally sufficient) case of discrimination. Once he does that, the burden shifts to the employer to produce evidence that he was rejected or someone else was preferred for a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason. This […]