Tag: Wages

• Business Litigation

  White Collar Exemptions – Rule Changes to Wage Requirements

  • March 23, 2016
  • By Allen & Gooch

  July 2016 Timeline for Final Rule on White Collar Exemptions As many employers are aware, the Department of Labor (DOL) has proposed a rule change to the white collar exemptions for minimum wage and overtime requirements. The proposed rule updated the minimum compensation and salary levels to qualify for the white collar exemption from the […]

• Employment Law & Litigation

  SCOTUS Hears Argument on Compensable Time under FLSA

  • October 30, 2014
  • By Allen & Gooch
  

  Is time spent in security screenings compensable time? On October 8, 2014, the United States Supreme Court heard arguments in Integrity Staffing Solutions, Inc. v. Busk, a case that considers the issue of whether time spent by an employee in security screenings is compensable under the Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended by the Portal […]

• Employment Law & Litigation

  2013 Legislative Update: Louisiana Equal Pay for Women Act

  • September 26, 2013
  • By Allen & Gooch

  Louisiana Equal Pay for Women Act allows women in the public sector who believe they are being paid less than male coworkers because of their gender to sue.

• Employment Law & Litigation

  8 Areas Your Employee Policies & Procedure Handbook Should Address

  • August 16, 2013
  • By Allen & Gooch
  

  Employers Should Revisit Their Employee Policies & Procedure Handbook to Comply With the Latest Labor Rulings With the National Labor Relations Board focusing more and more on employee policies & procedure handbooks, here are eight areas you should include to make sure your business is covered: 1. Employee Benefits –Describe the benefits that are given to the […]

• Maritime Casualty

  Calculating Lost Future Wages in the Fifth Circuit

  • August 30, 2012
  • By Brian Perry
  

  In Martinez v. Offshore Specialty Fabricators, Inc., 481 Fed. Appx. 942 (5th Cir. 2012), the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals addressed the proper standard for calculating damages for lost future earnings under maritime law.  The plaintiff, Ramiro Martinez, was a seaman injured in May 2008 while working as a mechanic aboard a derrick barge.  Martinez sued […]

• Employment Law & Litigation

  Department Of Labor: Pay Requirements Of Summer Employees And Interns

  • May 7, 2010
  • By Allen & Gooch

  Summer Intern? Summer Employee? DOL Sees a Difference The U.S. Department of Labor has recently offered new guidance about wage and overtime pay requirements for summer employees and interns. The DOL standards apply to private sector, ‘for profit’ employers. Interns who are more ‘employees’ than ‘trainees’ must generally be paid at least minimum wage, and […]