Overtime Pay

Jury awards more than $22 million in back pay to manufacturing employees

(FLSA) Fair Labor Standards Act, Employees, Small Business, U.S. Department of Labor / Douglas Freeman

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced that a jury in a landmark case, Walsh v. East Penn Manufacturing Co, Inc., DC-PA, has awarded more than $22 million in back wages to about 7,500 employees of a battery manufacturer. The award marks the largest recorded verdict ever under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). […]

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Supreme Court: Overtime rules still apply to highly compensated employees

(FLSA) Fair Labor Standards Act, Employees, Highly Compensated Employees, Small Business / Douglas Freeman

If you were told someone earns more than $200,000 annually, you might assume the person is a salaried employee who’s ineligible for overtime pay. However, as demonstrated in the recent U.S. Supreme Court case of Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. v. Hewitt, this isn’t always a safe assumption. The FLSA rules. Under the Fair Labor

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