By Elizabeth McLeod Employers are trying to get their bearings on the heels of last month’s amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). As anticipated, the revised rules more than double the minimum salary required to classify employees as exempt with an...
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EEOC’s Move to Digital Charge System Changes the Landscape of Discrimination Claims
By Kyle Perry Employment discrimination claims have gone digital. Following a brief Pilot Program, on January 1, 2016 the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) implemented the Digital Charge System nationwide. The move to online filing is meant to ease...
Fair Labor Standards Act Regulations to be Updated
By Elizabeth McLeod The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is the federal law that addresses minimum wage and overtime standards for most public and private employers. It also provides recordkeeping requirements and standards for child labor. Employees must be paid at...
EMPLOYERS – Make Your Employee Handbook Work for Your Business
Employee handbooks can be an extremely useful tool for employers, regardless of size. A well-drafted handbook clearly defines and communicates an employer’s standards to its workforce. No employer can address every single policy during new employee orientation, so a...
Affordable Care Act Article
As deadlines are fast approaching for employers affected by the Affordable Care Act, Fulcher Hagler LLP has offered a series of seminars covering the Act’s reach and requirements. Jim Allen, of our Employment Law Group, began conducting breakfast seminars for local...
Seminar Updates from Fulcher Hagler
The Employment Law Team of Elizabeth A. McLeod, Mary B. Robbins, Andrew W. Holliday, Dora H. Hogg, and Andrew Murdison conducted labor law related seminars to keep clients, businesses and sole practitioners abreast of the ever changing employment regulations. Seminars...