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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 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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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 11, 2009

Japan: Government Approves Immigration Overhaul Bill

Japan’s cabinet has signed off on a bill that, in an effort to prevent illegal entry, would transfer

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March 11, 2009

Canada: Business Travelers Will Get Visas Faster

As reported in The Edmonton Sun, Canada’s immigration department is planning to give preferred treatment

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March 11, 2009

The Battle is Joined: The Employee Free Choice Act Re-Introduced in the 111th Congress

On March 10, 2009, Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Ted Kennedy (D-MA) and Representative George Miller

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March 11, 2009

Use of E-Verify Growing by 1,000 Companies Per Week

As a result of anxiety over workplace raids and uncertainty over the future of illegal immigrants in

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