Traveling Fixed-Situs Employees?

Is an employee who travels to different job sites on a daily basis a fixed-situs employee subject to the “coming…

The Social Security Disability Claims Process

Paul F. Woodrow Filing for Social Security Disability (SSD) benefits involves a sometimes lengthy administrative process.  A claim is filed…

Cost of Living Adjustment

The Social Security Administration recently announced that monthly Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits will increase 1.7 percent…

How do Workers’ Compensation Payments Affect My Disability Benefits?

Disability payment you receive from workers’ compensation and/or another public disability payment may reduce you and your family’s Social Security…

What Happens in a Wage and Hour Investigation?

As we’ve previously discussed, the Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has stepped up its enforcement initiatives over…

Working Off the Clock

Working Off the Clock The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) was effectively a law beginning in 1938. It was the…

Restaurant/Bar Industry: Arizona Employee Questions Employer’s Illegal Tip Policy

Last week, an Arizona news column reported about a restaurant that requires its employees to donate their tips to charity…

Restaurant Industry Employers

Over the past few years, violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) were found in nearly all of the…

On-Call Employees

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), employees must be compensated for actual work performed, whether on or off the…

Calculating Overtime At Multiple Rates

The FLSA requires that employees receive overtime pay at a rate not less than one and one half times their…

Jurisdiction and Workers’ Compensation

What happens when a workplace injury occurs in Ohio, but the employer is located in another state? Which state law…

Joint Employers

This past August, the National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB) Office of General Counsel issued an administrative decision that could have…