by Timothy Maynard | Jun 9, 2017 | Timothy Maynard, Wage and Hour Law
Both Wisconsin law and the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) contain exemptions from overtime pay requirements for certain employees meeting the definition of executive, administrative, or professional employees. See generally Wis. Admin. Code § DWD 274.04; see...
by Timothy Maynard | Nov 21, 2016 | Employment Law, Labor Law, Timothy Maynard, Wage and Hour Law
In May 2016, the Seventh Circuit weighed in on a topic that has been at the forefront of employment and labor law in recent years: Whether employers may use arbitration agreements to strip their employees of the right to move forward on a collective, class, or...
by Timothy Maynard | Sep 30, 2016 | Employment Law, Timothy Maynard
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced it will issue a final rule to implement Executive Order 13706, which provides paid sick leave to federal contractors, on September 30, 2016. The DOL’s final rule comes a little more than a year after Executive Order 13706 was...
by Timothy Maynard | Oct 28, 2015 | Timothy Maynard, Wage and Hour Law
Yesterday, Good Morning America featured a story about a lawsuit brought against the Milwaukee Bucks which alleges that the NBA franchise failed to pay their dancers minimum and overtime wages in violation of federal and state law. The lawsuit has been brought by...
by Timothy Maynard | Jul 1, 2015 | Timothy Maynard, Wage and Hour Law
In late May, Attorney Johnson posted an article foreshadowing the long-awaited revisions coming to the Department of Labor’s regulations on certain overtime pay exemptions. Earlier this week, the Department of Labor announced the details of its proposed rules. If...
