Posts from August 2011.
Our "Wage And Hour Laws" Blog has been nominated for inclusion in LexisNexis's Top 25 Labor and Employment Law Blogs for 2011.
The potential impact of the U.S. Labor Department's unfounded fluctuating-workweek commentary could be exacerbated by unnecessarily dire observations.
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Our earlier post about the U.S. Labor Department's position on unauthorized extensions of rest breaks has generated additional comments and questions.
If an employee stretches a rest break beyond the allotted time, does the federal Fair Labor Standards Act allow the excess to be treated as unpaid?