The U.S. Department of Labor on Monday tossed out a nearly 60-year-old rule that had barred more than 130 types of businesses, including dry cleaners, travel agencies and tax preparers, from claiming they were “retail or service establishments” exempt from paying overtime premiums to workers who receive commissions.
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Part Eight of the COVID-19 Roadmap Series: Avoiding COVID-19 Wage & Hour and Labor Law Pitfalls |
In Part Eight of our Roadmap Series, we take a closer look at wage and hour compliance concerns that may arise during the COVID-19 pandemic, and what employers can do to minimize these pitfalls.
Remember that wage and hour concerns, and how to properly address them, will often depend on whether a company is dealing with exempt employees (i.e., employees not entitled to overtime pay regardless of the number of hours worked in a day or week) or non-exempt employees (i.e., employees entitled to overtime pay if the employee works more than eight hours a day or forty hours in a week, depending on the state).
Bartlesville Radio » News » WCSO to Pursue Grant Funding for PPEs, Overtime Pay
Washington County Undersheriff Jon Copeland presented a 2020 Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program grant application to the County Commissioners on Monday.
Undersheriff Copeland said this application is through the District Attorney's Council, who is distributing funds with regards to the COVID-19 pandemic. He said they are requesting just over $35,000 .
The bulk of this funding will be used for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). This includes, gowns, face shields, masks and hand sanitizer.
UK COVID-19: People: updates to Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme guidance (including overtime pay
Yesterday the Government updated guidance on the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS). The guidance has now been split into a number of separate web pages and the text moved between or within pages, but the only substantive changes are:
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Previous iterations of the guidance confirmed HMRC’s view that both statutory and contractual annual leave entitlement continues to accrue during furlough (subject to any agreement to vary the contract to remove contractual enhancement during furlough).
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Should I Furlough? 5 Things Business Owners Should Know First - GreenwichTime
The term "furlough" comes from the dutch word verlof, which originally referred to the leave given to soldiers. So it’s fitting that during this global health war, furloughing is top of mind for many business owners. Here’s a Google Trends chart for the word “furlough” since data has been kept:
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Clearly, both employers and employees are interested in learning more about what it means to furlough employees, or be furloughed. But before leveraging this particular leave on your employees, here are some key legal aspects to furloughs that you should know.
U.S. Wage and Hour Considerations Associated With COVID-19 - Lexology
As a result of the current pandemic, employers throughout the country are making significant changes to their workforce. Among other things, many employers—whether by choice or government mandate—are instructing their employees to work from home. Others are temporarily furloughing their employees or reducing their compensation.
1. How do employers ensure that non-exempt employees are properly compensated for their work at home?
Under the FLSA, hourly, non-exempt employees must be paid at least the applicable minimum wage or any higher agreed-upon wage for all hours worked. Compensating hourly employees for their working time is not terribly difficult when the employees are physically performing their jobs at the workplace.
Overtime plan for nurses submitted, but funding source uncertain | Guam News | postguam.com
Target extends $2-an-hour pay increase for workers through July 4 | FOX 29 News Philadelphia
MINNEAPOLIS - Target is extending its $2-an-hour temporary bonus pay for full-time and part-time employees into the summer as companies across the country grapple with the economic and social impacts of the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Target CEO Brian Cornell told employees on Monday that the extension will last through July 4, two months longer than originally announced.
The $2 temporary wage increase was first announced March 20 for the company’s 350,000-plus workers at stores and distribution centers, scheduled to last through at least May 2. It was later extended through May 30 in a continuing effort to recognize the “significant contributions of front line team members.”
Happening on Twitter
Learn how the #CARESAct expands unemployment insurance benefits: https://t.co/57nA7WMzyw • Benefits for workers not… https://t.co/3gbEGm99EX USDOL (from Washington, DC) Sat May 16 17:10:03 +0000 2020
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