by Gregg Gerlach | Sep 19, 2025 | Wage and Hour
On September 30, 2025, Florida’s minimum wage will increase to $14.00 per hour for non-tipped employees and $10.98 per hour for tipped employees. Here are a few additional points to review so that the Company is not violating other employee time and pay rules:...
by Gregg Gerlach | Aug 11, 2025 | Company News
GERLACH EMPLOYMENT LAW & JACK WEBB LAW GROUP BECOME MUTUAL ‘OF COUNSEL’ Gregg Gerlach and Jack Webb, of Jack Webb Law Group, are pleased to announce the formation of a mutual ‘Of Counsel’ relationship between their firms effective July 1,...
by Gregg Gerlach | Oct 18, 2022 | Wage and Hour
Last week, the U.S. DOL published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking which will change the classification of many independent contractors to employees. If the proposed rule is passed, fewer workers will be able to be independent contractors. Secretary of Labor Marty...
by Gregg Gerlach | Sep 22, 2020 | Franchise Agreements
Franchise Agreements – No Poaching Provisions As written previously, if your company has agreements with no poaching employees language, it is new jurisdiction for the HR Manager or in-house employment counsel under anti-trust law. Such provisions are typically...
by Gregg Gerlach | Aug 25, 2020 | Employee Hours
Yesterday, the U.S. DOL issued a Bulletin clarifying an employer’s duty to exercise reasonable diligence to accurately account for teleworking hours worked by hourly employees, whether due to COVID-19 or not. Quoting from the Bulletin: (1) “If the employer knows...
