Bonuses are a common form of employee compensation that can incentivize and reward performance to retain high quality employees. On the flip side, employers must navigate legal risks and challenges to ensure compliance with federal and state laws.
As with any matter that concerns payment of wages, bonuses implicate a plethora of legal subjects.
On November 15, 2024, a federal judge in the Eastern District of Texas blocked the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) newly issued salary rules for exempt status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”).
The new rules, which took effect July 1, 2024, increased the minimum salary threshold required in order to qualify for overtime-exempt status
In California, temporary military leave gives certain rights to employees of public agencies who take time away from work to serve in the reserves, the National Guard, or the Naval Militia. While this leave may be less common than sick leave, vacation, or maternity and paternity leave, it’s important to know how to handle requests
In Cadena v. Customer Connexx LLC, decided on July 10, 2024, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (which includes California) recently affirmed the applicability of the “de minimis” doctrine, which provides that under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) employers are not required to pay wages for work performed before or
What is “quiet quitting?” After a recent tiktok post went viral, as described below, quiet quitting has been all over social media and the internet. A google search on “quiet quitting” turns up 315,000,000 hits! But what exactly is quiet quitting, where did it come from, and what should public agency employers do about it?
On December 12, 2019, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced a Final Rule that clarifies and amends federal regulations concerning the regular rate of pay under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Many of the affected regulations date back more than 60 years, long before the FLSA was made applicable to the public sector.
This post was authored by Alison R. Kalinski
The United States Court of Federal Claims (a court with nationwide jurisdiction hearing specialized claims against the federal government) recently held that a group of certified canine handlers were not entitled to compensation for time spent training to become certified canine instructors. This was because the training
We’ve all heard the saying, “If it’s not written down, it didn’t happen.” In the context of retirement benefits for PERS members, the saying is slightly modified: “If an employee’s salary isn’t set forth on a properly adopted salary schedule, that individual’s retirement benefits may not pay out as expected.” While a mouthful, the message