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Category Archives: Employment Law For Employers
When am I entitled to overtime pay?
Laws are in place to protect workers like you from exploitation, for instance by requiring employers to pay employees additional compensation for working overtime. However, not all laws apply to all workers. Here’s how you can know if you qualify for overtime payment. When are…
Two comments add up to one hostile work environment
Cases of workplace harassment typically involve pervasive, ongoing misconduct. However, any comments, actions or threats that create a hostile work environment can be the basis for a legal claim. And the New Jersey Supreme Court just ruled that even a couple of offensive comments could be enough…
What to consider before signing a noncompete agreement
Noncompete agreements restrict employment opportunities for employees after they leave their job. Thus, it is crucial to think carefully before agreeing to anything without consideration and legal guidance. Before signing a noncompete agreement, you should ask yourself a few questions. What do these agreements do?A…
Sexual harassment in the workplace now happening remotely
Countless professionals have become comfortable navigating Zoom meetings. But as workers settled into the new reality of working remotely in 2020-2021, new issues and transgressions emerge. Those who acted professionally in an office’s relatively formal environment were perhaps less clear about these boundaries when working…
NY Employers: DOL Rules on Regular Rate of Pay
Since Jan. 15, an updated U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) regulation has been in effect clarifying for employers which job benefits and perks to include in pay for purposes of calculating overtime due to nonexempt workers (usually hourly). The “regular rate of pay” is the…
Are New York employers supposed to pay employees for time in voluntary training programs?
While this sounds like a straightforward question, the answer is that it depends. This matter is actually regulated in some detail under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and its regulations – the main body of federal law governing wage-and-hour matters for most employers. New WHD…
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