Salary Discussions Among Employees ?

  Question: My employer has asked that we create a Non-Disclosure Agreement for employees to sign regarding discussion of their salaries. Can this be done legally? Answer: No, this cannot be done legally. Under Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act...

Home Care Workers Final Rule on Exempt Status

Home Care Final Rule UpdateAs of October 13, the Department of Labor’s (DOL) Home Care Final Rule is in effect.The Home Care Final Rule, which greatly narrows the home health care and companionship services exemption under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA),...

California Enacts New Fair Pay Law

California governor Jerry Brown has signed Senate Bill 358, a revision of existing law aimed at closing the gender wage gap in the state. Despite California prohibiting gender-based wage discrimination since 1949, women working full-time year round earn an average at...

To-Do List in Response to Proposed Overtime Rule

Society of Human Resources Reprint  Employers don’t have to be in a holding pattern while waiting for the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) proposed overtime rule to be finalized.While the DOL reviews 290,000 comments on the proposed rule, Lee Schreter,...