DOL: TRUCK DRIVERS DO NOT NEED TO BE PAID FOR OFF-DUTY TIME IN SLEEPER BERTH
The Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division issued new guidance on July 22, 2019 addressing whether employers have to pay truck drivers for time spent sleeping in a truck’s sleeper berth. The new guidance modifies previous guidance. Pursuant to FLSA...
THE EEOC REPORTING PORTAL IS OPEN FOR FILING EEO-1 PAY DATA
The EEOC portal opened July 15th for uploading data for EEO-1 Pay Data. The deadline to produce the data is September 30, 2019 for employers, including federal contractors, with more than 100 employees. Covered employers are required to submit Component 2 data...
CHANGE IN PRESIDING JUDGE OF NEBRASKA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION COURT
Recently, the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court judges elected Judge Daniel Fridrich to be the Presiding Judge of the Nebraska Workers’ Compensation Court. Judge Fridrich’s term runs from July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2021. Although the Nebraska Workers’...
CLASSES OF EMPLOYEES EXCLUDED FROM IOWA WORKERS’ COMPENSATION BENEFITS
Generally, most workers employed in the State of Iowa, and consequently their employers, are subject to the Iowa Workers’ Compensation Act. However, there are some employees which are statutorily defined as not being employees. For a strong rural state like Iowa, one...