Home Care Workers Final Rule on Exempt Status

Home Care Final Rule UpdateAs of October 13, the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Home Care Final Rule is in effect.The Home Care Final Rule, which greatly narrows the home health care and companionship services exemption under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA),...

California Enacts New Fair Pay Law

California governor Jerry Brown has signed Senate Bill 358, a revision of existing law aimed at closing the gender wage gap in the state. Despite California prohibiting gender-based wage discrimination since 1949, women working full-time year round earn an average at...

To-Do List in Response to Proposed Overtime Rule

Society of Human Resources Reprint  Employers don’t have to be in a holding pattern while waiting for the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) proposed overtime rule to be finalized.While the DOL reviews 290,000 comments on the proposed rule, Lee Schreter,...

EEO-1 Report Deadline Extended to October 30

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) requires certain companies over a certain size to submit a report categorizing their employees by race/ethnicity, gender, and job category. This demographic survey, called the EEO-1, is due by October 30 (most years...
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