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Minimum Wage Increase
I heard a discussion on NPR about the effect of the increase in the minimum wage that will occur in January with the new Democratically controlled Congress. It will increase over a three year period...
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Catch Up Time
Ok, I have not blogged in a month and a half. Vacation is part of the reason. Overcoming the intertia of not blogging is tough. Restarting something, anything, after a layoff is tough. I am going...
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Creating Jobs By Eliminating the Minimum Wage
I mentioned earlier in the week that the September 13th issue of Forbes had several articles that I wanted to post about. The second of these is an article entitled Scrap The Minimum Wage written by...
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Four Facts about Minimum Wage
Did you know teen workers can be paid less than minimum wage? There has been a lot of press about the minimum wage of late, especially with the protests in New York by the fast food workers demanding...
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State Updates in HR Compliance
Pay attention to these state updates. Here are a few state updates in HR compliance areas you may want to pay attention to. I know it is not sexy but you need to know this stuff. Crack down on...
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Minimum Wage Changes for 2014
Image courtesy of digitalart at FreeDigitalPhotos.net There are a good number of states that have indexed their minimum wage rates to the Consumer Price Index. Thus as of January 2, 2014 you have to...
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Five acts that violate the overtime provisions of the FLSA
Under the FLSA 40 hours is the gold measure for overtime. CNN Money published a list of the top 10 industries that violate the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. These industries...
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Future Friday: Pushing the minimum wage
The pressure to raise the minimum wage is increasing. Earlier this week in a podcast I talked about the near future of HR. Just in case you thought I was blowing smoke I present to you a statement from...
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Trying to live the dream on low wages
Will baseball be the next battle ground for the minimum wage argument? We probably all know some young man who has spent much of his early life playing baseball. They grow up with the dream of getting...
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Future Friday: The rise of conflicting trends
Conflicting trends can cause major headaches for employers. As we move into a new “generation” era I see conflicting trends arising in the workplace. The wants and desires of workers don’t mesh with...
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Wage and Hour lessons- Damn this stuff gets complicated!
The important factors in wage and hour lawsuits are time and money. Finding the right balance is a matter of knowing the rules. Rather than subjecting you to my writing today I am going to expose you...
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New posters required by the US Department of Labor
This new poster is required of all employers. With all the changes going on in the government it should be no surprise that new posters have been produced. Minimum wage This has nothing to do with the...
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Is the Fight for $15 self-defeating?
New minimum wage laws are driving many smaller companies out of business. Will more follow? As I write this the employees at O’Hare Airport are on strike in conjunction with multiple Fight for $15...
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Ignoring the minimum wage is a big deal!
Employers must be careful not to take deductions that drop wages below the minimum wage. With all the talk about minimum wage and minimum salary, a company ignores at its own peril their obligation to...
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The Naked Truth about Independent Contractors
To be an independent contractor dancers must be free of rules. My guess is that most people picture the world of exotic dancers as a lucrative one. Apparently, that is not a good guess. In a lawsuit...
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When minimum wage may not mean what you think it means
Under the FLSA the minimum wage is based on a weekly calculation. Under the FLSA the minimum wage is $7.25 per hour. Does that mean that no one can get paid less than that on an hourly basis, or is...
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Minimum Wage Changes for 2014
Image courtesy of digitalart at FreeDigitalPhotos.net There are a good number of states that have indexed their minimum wage rates to the Consumer Price Index. Thus as of January 2, 2014 you have to...
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Five acts that violate the overtime provisions of the FLSA- again
There are 40 million reasons to make sure your wage and hour practices are in good shape. I am still doing webinars on violations of the FLSA because employers still make these mistakes. I spent an...
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Increases in minimum wages
Twenty-two states are increasing their minimum wage in 2019. Many of these are indexed to the cost-of-living and thus increase on an annual basis. Others may be due to a reaction to the “Fight for $15”...
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