By By Hedley Lawson
Monday, February 22, 2016 4:10 PM
NEW YORK—A recent case settled by the
United States Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division highlights how companies, large and small, who outsource labor to staffing agencies may want to take precautions to ensure they are in compliance with the federal
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and other employment regulations.
By By Hedley Lawson
Wednesday, February 10, 2016 4:08 PM
NEW YORK—A recent case settled by the
United States Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division highlights how companies, large and small, who outsource labor to staffing agencies may want to take precautions to ensure they are in compliance with the federal
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and other employment regulations.
By By Hedley Lawson, Jr.
Monday, July 27, 2015 7:00 AM
NEW YORK—With increasing frequency, I am called by a client company or a prospective client to ask about the rights of employees to wear religious articles at work. After a brief discussion, I inform them that employers cannot generally enforce a policy prohibiting employees from wearing articles of religious importance at work.
By By Hedley Lawson, Jr.
Monday, July 20, 2015 1:26 PM
NEW YORK—U.S. small businesses have not followed the same path of bigger firms by starting to self-insure their medical benefits to avoid the costs of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), according to recent research findings by the nonprofit
Employee Benefit Research Institute (EBRI).