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March 16, 2009

Stimulus Package Extends Whistleblower Protections to Employees

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), recently signed into law by President Obama,

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March 16, 2009

U.S. DOL Further Defines What Constitutes Compensable Training Time

In three opinion letters issued during the final weeks of the Bush administration, the Wage and Hour

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March 16, 2009

Bill Would Increase Employer Penalties and Strengthen Provisions of USERRA

A bill introduced last week would amend several provisions of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment

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March 14, 2009

Legislative and Regulatory News for the Week of March 8, 2009

The following is a summary of the legislative and regulatory news for the week of March 8, 2009: Discrimination

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March 13, 2009

Labor Department Guides Employers on Use of "Fluctuating Workweek" Method to Calculate Overtime Pay

The Wage & Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor recently issued an opinion letter that could

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March 13, 2009

Insurance Agents May Qualify for Outside Sales, Administrative Exemptions

In the last days of the Bush administration, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued an opinion letter,

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March 13, 2009

DOL Issues Opinion Letters Regarding Potential Problems With Maintaining Exempt Status While Attempting to Reduce Labor Costs

In three new opinion letters, FLSA2009-2, FLSA 2009-14 and FLSA 2009-18, the DOL answers questions about

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March 13, 2009

California Court of Appeal Finds Arbitration Agreement With PAGA Waiver Unenforceable

On March 10, 2009, the California Second District Court of Appeal in Franco v. Athens Disposal Company,

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March 12, 2009

California Court Finds Individual Liability Under Joint Employer Theory

On February 20, 2009 in Ontiveros v. Zamora, the court held that the plaintiff stated a viable claim

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March 12, 2009

Employer's Right to Settle Disputed Claims with Individual Employees Affirmed

The California Court of Appeal recently affirmed an employer's right to settle a putative class member's

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