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Florida Minimum Wage Increase & Other Wage Hour Pointers
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: Exempt...
Employment Law News – Firm Announcement
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, 2025. Both attorneys are...
DOL’s Proposed New Definition for Independent Contractors
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...
CHECK YOUR EMPLOYMENT RELATED CONTRACTS
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...
Tracking Teleworking Employees’ Hours’ Worked
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...
Are OSHA and Workers Compensation the Appropriate COVID Battlegrounds?
Are OSHA and Workers Compensation The Appropriate COVID Battlegrounds? Employers are seeing all types of claims and lawsuits being brought on behalf of employees regarding safe working conditions. I like the way Amazon.com is defending such a suit in NY - -...
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