American Made Bags LLC misclassified workers as independent contractors, failed to pay overtime, maintain wage records, pay back wages as agreed A federal judge ordered American Made Bags LLC in Akron and its owner to pay a total of $189,756 – $94,893 in back wages and an equal amount in damages – to 48 […]
Interra Credit Union miscalculated employee’s overtime wage rates At 18 locations across Indiana, a Goshen-based credit union failed to pay 34 mortgage loan advisors and mortgage loan originators the full overtime wages they were due. An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found that Interra Credit Union failed to […]
Palmetto State Forestry Services LLC shorted workers’ pay for travel, prevailing wage rate A U.S. Department of Labor investigation found a Walterboro landscaping company failed to reimburse workers employed in the U.S. under the H-2B guest worker program for their travel costs and failed to pay wage rates as required. The department’s Wage […]
Boss Calls Succeed. Be a Compliance Boss. Wednesday, March 16th, 2022 1 – 2:30 pm CST Overtime Exemption Classification, Salary, and Docking Requirements Hey Bosses! One of our members reached out asking me about this specific topic. After thinking it over, I realized I have been getting many questions recently about this very […]
Attorney Harrison Oldham On Feb. 10, 2022, Congress approved the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (the “Act”). True to its title, the Act allows new claims of sexual harassment and sexual assault to be filed in court, rather than be subject to pre-dispute mandatory arbitration clauses. Additionally, […]
Attorney Harrison Oldham On February 8, 2022, the National College Players Association (“NCPA”), an advocacy group for college athletes, filed unfair labor practice charges before the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) against the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) and other heavyweights in collegiate athletics. The NCPA alleged that the NCAA and others have misclassified […]
Mississippi Legalizes Medical Cannabis On February 2, 2022, Mississippi became the latest state to create a medical marijuana law. The Mississippi Medical Cannabis Act (MMCA) became effective immediately upon Governor Tate Reeves’s signature. Prior to enacting the MMCA, Mississippi allowed only the limited use of cannabidiol (CBD) oil, under Harper Grace’s Law. Miss. […]
Hey Compliance Warriors! On Friday, February 25th, the CDC announced more relaxed guidelines for when Americans should be masking. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/science/community-levels.html This new guidance takes a few things into consideration when determining the need to mask in your area: New COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents in the past seven days. New COVID-19-related hospital admissions. […]
Attorney Harrison Oldham On February 1, 2022, Brian Flores, the former head football coach of the Miami Dolphins, filed a class action lawsuit against his former team, as well as the New York Giants, the Denver Broncos, and the National Football League for discriminatorily denying employment to Black candidates to serve as Head Coaches, […]
2022 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave provides covered employees up to 80 hours of COVID-19 related paid leave, with up to 40 of those hours for isolation & quarantine, receiving vaccines, and caring for a child whose school or place of care is closed and up to an additional 40 of those hours available […]