When final regulations governing white-collar exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) took effect in August of 2004, the U.S. Department of Labor's goal was to provide simplicity, reduce the volume of litigation, and update the standards to conform to the modern workplace.
Certain employers are exempt from paying the minimum wage. Tipped employees may be paid one-half the regular minimum wage provided the employer makes up the difference if tips plus the hourly wage do not average at least the minimum wage.
After you have selected the applicants you wish to meet with, it pays to plan out the interview in advance.
The summary annual report furnished to participants and beneficiaries of an employee welfare benefit plan consists of a completed copy of the following form.
OSHA issued an ergonomics guideline for the poultry processing industry on September 2, 2004, entitled Guidelines for Poultry Processing: Ergonomics for the Pre
OSHA has various publications, standards, technical assistance, and compliance tools to help you.
As of June 2005, eleven states had laws allowing for the medical use of marijuana: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Montana, Nevada, Oregon
Many experts think the workplace can be an appropriate place to stop domestic violence in its tracks.
According to a 2004 OSHA FACTSheet, the OSH Act of 1970 encourages states to develop and operate their own job safety and health plans under the authority of st
Religious holidays.— The chief judge of any judicial circuit is authorized to designate Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Good Friday as legal holidays for the cou
Holidays falling on a weekend.“ If any of the holidays enumerated above falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday will be a holiday.
Wages/vested vacation wages.— All legal holidays, except Sunday, will be paid holidays for state employees (Sec. 1-1-9-2).