An employer was ordered to pay liquidated damages where an employee’s position was misclassified as overtime-exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act without good-faith justification.
Misclassification Results in Liquidated Damages Award
Milwaukee Area Employment Law Attorney: 200 South Executive Drive, Suite 101 Brookfield, WI 53005 Phone: 262-241-8444
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2018 Family HSA Contribution Limit Stays at $6,900 After All
Janet L. Heins|Benefits Communication, Communication, Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
The IRS announced relief for employees with family coverage who contribute to a health savings account (HSA), restoring the...
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Auto Body Technicians Fail to Prove Minimum Wage Violations
Janet L. Heins|California, Compensation Compliance, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
Two body shop employees who claimed they were not paid the minimum wage required by California law failed to...
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Hotel GM’s high-level job, his firing women for refusing sex, preclude Faragher-Ellerth defense
Janet L. Heins|Blog, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
By Joy P. Waltemath, J.D. Sexual harassment and retaliation claims under state law by two female hotel workers—one Filipino...
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Wisconsin Employers Now Subject to Tort Claims for Temp Workers’ Injuries
Janet L. Heins|News, Wisconsin, Workers' Compensation, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
The Wisconsin Court of Appeals has held that temporary workers who are injured while working for their host employers...
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OregonSaves Serves as a Test for State-Sponsored Auto-IRAs
Janet L. Heins|Leadership and Navigation, News, Oregon, Retirement Benefits, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
As the first state-sponsored retirement savings program rolls out in Oregon, here’s what employers in Oregon and other states...
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Minimum Wage Rates by State and Municipality
Janet L. Heins|Minimum Wage, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
A chart of minimum wage rates by state and municipality.
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Employee Convicted of Fraud Still Eligible for Workers’ Comp
Janet L. Heins|California, Consultation, News, Workers' Compensation, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
An employee who was convicted of insurance fraud—after he exaggerated a work-related injury to a doctor who then prescribed...
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‘True statement’ to former employee’s potential employer about her pending lawsuit could be retaliatory
Janet L. Heins|Blog, News, Benefits, Compensation, Equal Pay, Pay
By Deborah Hammonds, J.D. An energy commodities broker who claimed her former employer interfered with her potential new job...
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