Supremes Clarify Portal-to-Portal Act?
Charles J. Mataya of Boult, Cummings, Conners & Berry, PLC
In a recent opinion, IBP, Inc. v. Alvarez, the Supreme Court has finally provided employers with a "bright-line" test for use in deciding when activities performed by employees constitute compensable time under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"). Not really. Instead, the Court has again applied a law intended to provide a bright-line test for employers, in a manner that does anything but provide that test.
California Employers Awaiting Significant Changes To Rules On Meal Periods & Rest Periods
Tony R. Skogen of Littler Mendelson, P.C.
The California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) proposed a new meal and rest period regulation on December 20, 2004. This proposal was filed under the regular rule-making process of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA). The text of this proposal can be found at www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/mrpregs.htm.
California Labor Law in the Year 2000
Greg S. Labate of Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
This article summarizes several significant laws that go into effect during the Year 2000.
California Restores Daily Overtime Requirement
Songstad & Randall
On July 20, 1999, Governor Gray Davis signed a new law restoring the daily overtime requirement for California.
Requirements for Rest and Meal Breaks for a New Hampshire Employer
Linda S. Johnson of McLane, Graf, Raulerson & Middleton, P.A.
Under New Hampshire law, an employer must grant a thirty minute meal break to any employee who works more than five consecutive hours unless it is feasible for the employee to eat during the performance of his or her work and the employer permits the employee to do so. The break may be paid or unpaid depending on the company's policy.
Part-Time Employees and Retirement Plans
Carolyn S. Nestingen of Briggs & Morgan
requently, employers will exclude certain groups of employees from participation in a retirement plan. These mig.
Fatigue: A Continuing Problem in the Railroad Industry
Mark John Odegard of Yaeger, Jungbauer & Barczak, PLC
Our economy runs twenty-four hours a day. Businesses operate round- the-clock to keep up with and gain on competito.
California's New Overtime Law
William R. Hart of Hart, King & Coldren
Officially entitled the "Eight-Hour-Day-Restoration and Workplace Flexibility Act of 1999 (the Act)," California'.