The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) obligates employers in Pennsylvania to meet legal standards regarding minimum wage and overtime pay. Additionally, the rules require employers to maintain records for nonexempt workers, specifically their daily work hours and total...
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Month: January 2021
Avoiding wage and hour disputes in Pennsylvania
Over the last few years, the United States Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division has been cracking down on employers who violate the rights of their employees. Business owners in Pennsylvania should educate themselves to ensure that they are not in violation of...
How to avoid wage and hour penalties
According to the Department of Labor, among the most common complaints it receives are those which involve wage and hour penalties. In fact, the department also stated that in 2019 it uncovered over $322 million in back wages. This has prompted states such as...
How to protect your trade secrets
If your company has a trade secret, you might have an advantage over other businesses in Pennsylvania. A trade secret can be anything that sets you aside from your competitors, such as a recipe, formula, invention, program, device or method. Trade secrets aren't...
Relief for employers in court’s H-1B ruling
A U.S. District Judge set aside a recent rule set by the U.S. Labor Department that mandated wage increases for H-1B visa workers. The departments of Homeland Security and Labor released a companion rule that was meant to narrow the types of jobs that could qualify...