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Overtime Violations May Cost You More Than Time and a Half
Are you sure which of your employees are entitled to overtime compensation? It only takes one disgruntled worker to launch a lawsuit or government audit. With so many staff reductions and layoffs these...
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Is It Time to Force Companies to Limit After Hours Work?
Quelle horreur! French labor unions and corporate leaders recently took steps to strictly limit after-hours emails. The deal would give workers 11 hours of guaranteed freedom from business emails. The...
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How To Guard Against Wage Theft Lawsuits
Observers used the words “game changing” and “broad ramifications” when the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals recently issued its ruling in a case that pitted the delivery giant FedEx against some 2,300...
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How To Not Become a Labor Department Enforcement Target
Over the last couple of years the Department of Labor has become fairly aggressive in its enforcement of wage and hours laws. It has been targeting industries suspected of being the most egregious...
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Stay Legal in the Evolving Labor Market
The labor market today is becoming a richer and more varied tapestry of options than it has ever been. We still have the traditional salaried and hourly employees, but we have a whole new slate of...
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When a drop in unemployment is bad news
Some will trumpet today’s announcement of a two-tenths of one percent drop in the June unemployment rate as great news, but in fact it just masks the truth of what is happening in the US economy: The...
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Dept. of Labor Coming After Business, Again
If you use independent contractors in your small business, you may find yourself being targeted by the Department of Labor, again. You’ll recall that the DOL recently started the process of redefining...
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Changes to overtime pay threaten entrepreneurship
By Brian Hamilton and Mary Ellen Biery It has been said that the worst problems are the ones you don’t see coming, and there is a significant problem brewing in D.C. that too few people seem to be...
View ArticleMay Jobs Numbers no Surprise to Small Business: Maybe You’ll Listen Now.
Shocked? Surprised? Not me. Only 38,000 jobs were created in May according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A far cry from the anticipated 164,000. And while the unemployment rate dropped to 4.7...
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THE Small Business Expert Congratulates President-Elect Donald Trump
Mr. President-Elect, I am from the “Show Me ” state of Missouri and you certainly showed our country that the underdog can win. For many of us who are small business owners that is inspirational...
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