by Stephen D. Hans | Feb 24, 2017 | Wage and Hour
The Ninth Circuit Court decision in a recent case was a landmark ruling that favored tipped employees in the debate of tip pooling. It clarifies whether an employer who is not taking a tip credit can do tip pooling, which divides tips among tipped and non-tipped...
by Stephen D. Hans | Jan 19, 2017 | Employment Defense Attorney, Vacation Pay Issues
Many business owners offer vacation pay as a job benefit. Sometimes issues arise as to whether employees are being treated fairly when receiving their vacation pay. Vacation Pay Issues in McCaster, Clark v. Darden Restaurants A recent case heard by the U.S. Court of...
by Stephen D. Hans | Jan 12, 2017 | Employment Defense Attorney, Wage and Hour
The federal overtime rule has been put on hold, and employers are waiting to see whether the DOL will effectively appeal the injunction imposed by the U.S. District Court in Texas. However, it’s worth your while to consider what kinds of problems the rule sought to...
by Stephen D. Hans | Dec 18, 2016 | Employment Defense Attorney
Articles last March, posed a question about whether the ad for the casting of Hamilton, the New York Broadway Musical, violated New York City Human Rights. CBS News brought up the fact that the Broadway Union took issue with the Hamilton casting call for “non-white...
by Stephen D. Hans | Dec 12, 2016 | Wage and Hour
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) had issued a rule that would have doubled the maximum salary a worker can earn and still qualify for mandatory overtime pay. Workers earning less than $47,500 would have been eligible for overtime pay. The rule was scheduled to take...
