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Recent Posts from Overtime Advisor

• Big Costs For Misclassifying Technical Support Workers

  $27.5 million settlement with Siebel Systems. $65 million settlement with IBM. $24 million settlement with Computer Sciences Corporation. Allegations in a recently certified class action against Wells Fargo with up to 3,000 possible class members. These are significant numbers. They…

• The Pitfalls of Utilizing Volunteers

  In this economy we are seeing employers looking for ways to cut costs (including payrolls) and job seekers looking for ways to get noticed, such as offering to work for free to “show what they’ve…

• New York Increasing Transparency of Overtime Pay

  A change to Section 195 of New York State’s labor law goes into effect on October 26th, 2009.  Section 195 contains notice and record-keeping requirements related to the payment of wages.   It always required that new…

• Employees Traveling Overnight - Should I Pay them for Sleep?

  In a recent blog, we addressed the confusion over paying non-exempt employees for work-related travel during the day, particularly as part of commuting. This blog covers what happens when a non-exempt employee has to take an…

• Is that really an Intern?

  Many industries make unpaid internships the gateway to an entry-level position. Unfortunately, as with many things in the employment law arena, what seems like a good idea may just be something that gets your company in trouble…

• Compensating Employees for Work-Related Travel To Remote Locations

  Confusion often reigns when employers attempt to determine what their responsibilities are in terms of paying non-exempt employees for travel time.  When employees are on the road on behalf of the company, it can be…

• Determining Administrative Exemption: Management v. Production

  The administrative exemption to the overtime pay requirements can be tricky to apply and employers would be wise to review such classifications carefully. Companies often, to their detriment, misclassify non-supervisory administrative employees under this exemption without…

• New Overtime Suit Involving Outside Sales Exemption

  UPS is the latest large employer to be named in a potentially massive class action overtime lawsuit.  The Company’s account managers claim that they were misclassified as exempt outside salespersons or administrative employees, even though…

• On-Call Time: To Pay or Not to Pay?

  With new technology such as BlackBerries®, cellphones, etc., the practice of requiring employees to be available on call is becoming even more widespread. Now, not only are healthcare and emergency workers required to be on call,…

• Work for Related Employers Can Cause Joint Employer Liability

  Boston-based Partners HealthCare Systems and its 14 affiliated hospitals and health care companies recently signed a consent decree in federal district court agreeing to pay $2.7 million in back wages to 700 employees to resolve…