An employee’s regular rate of pay represents the average compensation the employee receives per hour during a workweek. The regular rate of pay can vary…
On Aug. 30, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a proposed rule to amend current requirements employees in white collar occupations must satisfy…
On Aug. 8, 2023, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule that updates how wages for construction workers are calculated under the…
On May 4, 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced that the COVID-19 flexibilities for the…
On April 12, 2023, Virginia adopted House Bill 1924 (HB 1924) to withdraw the labor law provision that allowed employers to pay wages below the…
On Feb. 22, 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court held in Helix Energy Solutions Group Inc. v. Hewitt (Helix) that employees must be compensated on a…
The current federal minimum wage rate is $7.25 per hour. However, several states have adopted minimum wage rates higher than the federal rate. When both…
Despite employers’ best efforts, complying with Employment Eligibility Verification form (Form I-9) requirements can be difficult, and organizations spend a great deal of time and…
On October 11th, 2022, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced it is extending updated flexibilities for Form I-9 due to the continued safety…
The DOL final overtime rule became effective Jan. 1, 2020. Among other things, the final rule also allows employers to use nondiscretionary bonuses and incentive…
President Trump issued an executive order on August 8, 2020 allowing employers to defer employee’s social security taxes for certain employees for the period beginning…
On Aug. 31, 2020, the DOL announced that the minimum wage rate for federal contractor employees will increase to $10.95 per hour on Jan. 1,…
