OT Ruling to Take Effect December 1st Halted by Federal Judge
A federal judge on Tuesday blocked the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) new federal overtime rule which was set to take effect December 1, 2016. The rule, which was passed in May of this year, nearly doubled the salary threshold from $23,660 to $47,476 and also provided...
Be Mindful of These Upcoming Deadlines
November and December can be hectic months. With open enrollment upon us, the end of the year on the horizon, and the holidays taking an extra bite out of our schedules, the more items you can cross off of your to-do list, the better. With that in mind, we thought it...Final OT Rule Announced
This morning (May 18, 2016), President Obama and Secretary Perez announced the Department of Labor’s final ruling on the proposed new overtime regulations that will extend protections to millions of additional workers currently classified as exempt. Virtually every...
Reduce the toll taken by employee absence
What you’ve probably intuited about employee absence is true: It is costly, in terms of profit, efficiency, and compliance. Then again, not granting time off for vacation, holidays, planned, unplanned, or extended leave would be inhumane (and give you a pretty rotten...
