Don't Let Your Bonus Bite Back

You pay your employees a bonus for good performance, productivity, or working unpopular shifts. When a non-exempt employee who regularly earns $15/hour works overtime, must you include the value of the bonus in that employee's "regular rate" of pay for overtime calculations?

DOL Issues First FLSA Opinion Letter of 2024

Speaking of overtime and the regular rate of pay, must an employer include daily expense payments for tools and equipment in an employee's regular rate of pay when calculating overtime? 

NLRB GC Issues Key Memo #1 -

Non-Competes & Stay or Pay Policies

On Friday, December 6th, the NLRB GC will begin enforcing the position that certain stay-or-pay policies presumptively violate the National Labor Relations Act. The memo describing the rationale was published on October 7, 2024, and gave employers 60 days to "take affirmative action to conform the provisions to the framework and notify employees of the changes."

RTO Policies Land Employers in Hot Water

Recent cases have involved objections to COVID-19 vaccination mandates. Yep, it's still a thing! Regardless of why an employee objects, if you are implementing a Return-to-Office policy, these stories may be of interest to you.

NLRB GC Memo #2: Captive Audience Speeches

An employer hears a rumor that some employees are thinking about forming, joining or assisting a union. The employer believes employees don't need to pay a union part of their hard-earned money to represent them. Can the employer call a mandatory all-hands meeting to share their opinion?