On August 29, 2013, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania – an intermediate appellate court – affirmed an Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (UCBR) decision that because an employee who was earning $9.00 an hour was unable to afford to pay for care repair or to buy another vehicle, the employee showed “good cause” for violating
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The OFCCP’s “7% Solution” becomes effective.
By Maria Danaher on
According to its own website, the primary responsibility of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), is to: “enforce, for the benefit of job seekers and wage earners, the contractual promise of affirmative action and equal employment opportunity required of those who do business with the Federal government.” In…
The Department of Labor’s update to FLSA regulations is a missed opportunity.
By Maria Danaher on
Posted in FLSA
In July 2008, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) published proposed rules that would change several regulations issued under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and the Portal-to-Portal Act, including tip credit, fluctuating workweek, compensatory time, commuting, and other provisions. The proposed rules were not finalized during the previous Administration; however, a…