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11/9/2011 - When Can You Require Medical Certification for FMLA Leave?
November 08, 2011
When Can You Require Medical Certification for FMLA Leave? – Part 1
All of FMLA administration is complex, but the area of medical certification in particular is very difficult to get a handle on. ... read more
11/9/2011 - Supreme Court wages hearing focuses on enforcing meal breaks
Sacramento Business Journal by Kathy Robertson, Senior Staff Writer
Date: Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 2:58pm PST - Last Modified: Tuesday, November 8, 2011, 3:50pm PST
Kathy Robertson - Senior Staff Writer ... read more
11/5/2011 - Bias alleged by JPS Bus Drivers
The Jackson Public School District is investigating allegations of discrimination against union members and favoritism toward some bus drivers, including some reportedly being paid despite not working.
Members of the Jackson ... read more
10/10/2011 - Docking Employees Partial Day
Question: My business has a manager who is a salaried exempt employee. While driving the company vehicle on a business trip, she suffered an on-the-job injury. She filed a workers' compensation claim which was accepted ... read more
11/23/2010 - What are you Doing about Compliance with Wage and Hour
1/22/2010
What Are YOU Doing About Wage and Hour Compliance?
70% of employers are routinely violating wage and hour laws, according to estimates by the Department of Labor. Hyperbole? Maybe. But maybe not, when you ... read more
11/7/2010 - Work Break not Required
Another Court Denies Certification of a California Meal Break Class
The obligation to provide rest and meal periods has vexed California employers since its inception. While few employers would quibble with the not ... read more
11/2/2010 - 1099's New Rules
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- An all-but-overlooked provision of the health reform law is threatening to swamp U.S. businesses with a flood of new tax paperwork.
Section 9006 of the health care bill -- just a few lines buri ... read more
10/20/2010 - Washington Set To Raise Minimum Wage
According to Nation's Restaurant News, "The Washington Restaurant Association assailed a decision to increase the state’s minimum wage by 1.4 percent next year, saying Monday the move will force restaurant ope ... read more
9/4/2010 - Wage and Hour Lawsuits
Wage and Hour Litigation Tops List of Employment Class Action Claims
New Survey Shows Employers are Spending More than Ever on Wage and Hour Compliance Programs to Counter Drastically Escalating Risk
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUS ... read more
8/28/2010 - Walt Disney pays back wages
Orlando Fla Aug 28 2010 Walt Disney Parks and Resorts agreed to pay almost a half-million dollars in back pay to 69 employees to compensate for violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, the U.S. Department o ... read more
2/8/2010 - SET Goes to MASBO
Please visit us this year at the 40th annual MASBO conference. For More information on this years conference visit the link below.
MASBO ... read more
1/12/2010 - Advertising Salespeople Are Not Administratively Exempt Under The FLSA
Reiseck v. Universal Communications of Miami, Inc.
This case was before the Court on Plaintiff’s appeal an Order at the district court below, granting Defendants summary judgment on all counts of Plaintiff’s clai ... read more
12/3/2009 - Wal-Mart will pay $40m to workers
Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, has agreed to pay $40 million to as many as 87,500 current and former employees in Massachusetts, the largest wage-and-hour class-action settlement in the state’ ... read more
11/18/2009 - FLSA lawsuit cocktail: Hourly staff mixing work, lunch
Question: When is your most diligent worker also your biggest lawsuit risk?
Answer: When that nonexempt employee works through his or her lunch break or during other off-the-clock hours—a fact nobody realizes (or tur ... read more
10/15/2009 - Labor Dept: Sales Reps Should Be Paid Overtime
Novartis sales reps fighting for overtime pay just got a powerful ally. The US Department of Labor filed an amicus brief with a federal appeals court contending that a lower court was wrong to toss their lawsuit, The Pink She ... read more
9/23/2009 - Lowes to pay $29.5 Million to settle overtime lawsuit
Home improvement retailer Lowe’s Companies Inc. (NYSE: LOW) has agreed to pay $29.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit that argued it had required “thousands” of hourly workers to toil “off the c ... read more
9/2/2009 - Staples, Inc., to Settle FLSA Lawsuit for $790,000
Bringing to a close one of several wage and hour lawsuits filed against Staples, Inc., in recent years, the office products giant has agreed to pay $790,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging violations of both the Fair Labor Stand ... read more
5/28/2009 - Nashville car wash company has reached a settlement.
A Nashville car wash company has reached a settlement with three employees who claim they weren’t paid for several hours of work. The minimum-wage employees sued Shur-Brite Hi Speed Car Wash, alleging the company’ ... read more
3/10/2009 - School board responds to secretaries' lawsuit
Says previous pay practice violated federal law
By ELISABETH HULETTE, Staff Writer
Published 03/10/09
The county school board is asking the courts to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the school secretaries' union over a c ... read more
2/24/2009 - Staples loses FLSA Lawsuit.
Last week, a federal jury in the U.S. District Court for New Jersey ordered Staples, Inc., the world’s largest chain of office supply stores, to pay nearly $2.5 million to 343 plaintiffs because of violations to th ... read more
2/15/2009 - Athletic Programs and the FLSA
Recently, school districts across the country have been facing an explosion of wage-and-hour litigation involving athletics personnel. Interscholastic sports teams historically have tended to rely on low-salaried, stipended a ... read more
2/12/2009 - Donna Martin recognized at MASBO
Mrs. Donna Martin, Business Manager at Marion County School District was honored with the 2009 MASBO Outstanding School Business Official Award. Donna's husband Tommy was in attendance to witness the even ... read more
2/11/2009 - MASBO Drawing Winner
Kim Rogers from the Columbia School District was the winner of our drawing for the Viking Cookware. Congratulations Kim! ... read more
2/10/2009 - Join SET at MASBO!
Join us at the 39th annual conference of Mississippi Association of School Business Officials. Please drop by our booth to visit and to find out about our upcoming releases.
Visit the MASBO website. ... read more
1/30/2009 - AssetCentral Fixed Assets Interface
AssetCentral, SET's time saving asset audit software, can accomodate asset data from most accounting databases. Instead of scratching items off a stack of paper AssetCentral allows customers to import their asset infomat ... read more
1/22/2009 - Another FLSA Lawsuit Filed.
The law firm of Stember Feinstein Doyle & Payne, LLC has filed a collective
action lawsuit to recover unpaid overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act
("FLSA") for salaried help desk, client support, custome ... read more
1/2/2009 - Wal-Mart to Pay Over Half a Billion Dollars to Settle Overtime and other FLSA Lawsuits
Walmart has agreed to pay up to $640 million to settle 63 wage and hour class action lawsuits that have been pending against the company for several years. The company, which has been fighting such suits for years, appa ... read more
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