Yesterday, the Department of Labor (DOL) under the Trump administration issued its first wage-hour opinion letters. Two of these opinion letters may be of general interest to employers and concern issues of (1) when an employee’s travel time must be compensated as hours worked under the Fair Labor…
You may recall that last year, we reported on a Ninth Circuit case, Rizo v. Yovino, wherein the Court of Appeal held that an applicant’s prior salary history is a “factor other than sex” that an employer may rely on, either alone or in combination with other factors, in setting pay…
Today, the United States Supreme Court issued its decision in Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro, holding by a 5-4 vote that service advisors employed by a car dealership are exempt from overtime under the FLSA. The case deals with a specific exemption provision of the FLSA, 29 USC section 213(b)(10)(A),…
Sometimes I wonder if California lawmakers (the legislature and courts) are trying to encourage employers to flee the state. I had that thought again today while reading the California Supreme Court’s opinion in Alvarado v. Dart Container Corp. This case involves the issue of how to calculate the…
As employers will recall, last year the Department of Labor (under the prior Obama administration) issued a new rule dramatically increasing the minimum salary to qualify for an exemption from overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Shortly before the new rule was to take effect, a Texas court issued…
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