FLSA Tag

06 Sep Florida minimum wage increasing by $1 on September 30th

Posted at 21:43h in 2022, Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI), Human Resources, Labor & Employment Law

By Anita Byer, Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk In case you forgot, Florida’s minimum wage is increasing by $1 at the end of the month. On September 30, 2022, Florida’s minimum wage will increase to $11 per hour. The minimum wage for tipped employees, which must...

29 Sep Florida’s New $10 Minimum Wage Poster

Posted at 14:53h in 2021, Commercial Insurance, Human Resources, Labor & Employment Law, Risk Management

By Anita Byer, Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk Florida’s new $10 minimum wage poster is now available! Just in time too, because the largest minimum wage increase in Florida history is here. On September 30, 2021, Florida’s minimum wage will increase to $10 per hour. But...

30 Aug Florida’s Minimum Wage Increasing to $10 Per Hour on September 30

Posted at 23:53h in 2021, Commercial Insurance, Human Resources, Labor & Employment Law, Professional Liability, Risk Management

By Anita Byer, Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk The largest minimum wage increase in Florida history is just weeks away! On September 30th, Florida’s minimum wage will increase to $10 per hour. That’s $1.35 more per hour than the current minimum wage and $1.44 more than...

02 Apr Largest Minimum Wage Increase in Florida History is Less than Six Months Away

Posted at 13:41h in Commercial Insurance, Employee Benefits, Human Resources, Labor & Employment Law, Risk Management

When Florida enacted its own minimum wage in 2005, the minimum hourly wage went up $1. Despite going up every year since, this is still the largest single increase in Florida history…for now. On September 30, 2021, Florida’s minimum wage will go from $8.65 to...

13 Jan Employment Law Landscape Expected to Change Under Biden Administration

Posted at 14:02h in Labor & Employment Law

Setnor Byer Insurance & Risk Shortly after delivering his inaugural address, President Biden began taking steps to push his policy agenda forward. This is particularly true in the employment law context. Step 1, as expected, was to stop any pending regulatory activity initiated under the Trump...

05 Feb FLSA Update: Department of Labor Revises Joint Employment Regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act

Posted at 18:23h in Labor & Employment Law, Professional Liability

The Fair Labor Standards Act’s regulations are changing again. These changes involve joint employment under the FLSA, which is important because joint employers are individually and jointly responsible for FLSA compliance and legally liable for violations. According to the Department of Labor, the revised regulations will reduce uncertainty over joint...

08 Jan FLSA Update: New Regulations Clarify Wage & Hour Calculation for Perks and Benefits

Posted at 18:04h in Employee Benefits, Human Resources, Labor & Employment Law

New Fair Labor Standards Act regulations should make it easier for employers to offer perks and benefits to employees. The Department of Labor updated the regulations to clarify the distinction between payments that must be included in an employee’s “regular rate” and payments that may be excluded. Since the...

14 Nov FLSA Update: New White-Collar Exemption Rules Permit “Catch-Up” Payment to Satisfy Minimum Salary Requirement

Posted at 15:30h in Human Resources, Labor & Employment Law, Professional Liability

The Fair Labor Standards Act’s new white-collar exemption regulations did more than increase the minimum salary requirement for exempt executive, administrative and professional employees from $455 to $684 per week. They also let employers use nondiscretionary bonuses, incentives and commissions to satisfy up to 10 percent of the minimum salary requirement....

07 Oct FLSA Update: Minimum Salary for Exempt White-Collar Employees Increasing in 2020

Posted at 15:12h in Human Resources, Labor & Employment Law

It’s actually happening. The Department of Labor is increasing the minimum salary threshold for the Fair Labor Standards Act’s white-collar minimum wage and overtime exemptions. On January 1, 2020, an estimated 1.3 million executive, administrative and professional employees will lose their FLSA-exempt status. Without some form of corrective action, employers...

01 Jul Did You Know…Your Payroll Software May Be Rounding Employees’ Work Hours Illegally?

Posted at 13:24h in Commercial Insurance, Human Resources, Labor & Employment Law

On July 1, 2019, the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued an Opinion Letter addressing permissible rounding practices for calculating hours worked under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Opinion Letters represent the WHD’s official, written opinion on how a particular law applies in specific circumstances presented...