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Department of Labor Seeks Information about Employees’ Use of Smartphones

By FranczekPC on June 2, 2015
Posted in DOL News

iStock_cell phone XSmall.jpgThe Obama Administration used the occasion of Memorial Day weekend to release its required Semiannual Regulatory Agenda. The Agenda, which is not binding on the DOL, lists a number of items including two specifically related to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). One of them is the “white collar” overtime exemption rules that we…

Do I Have To Pay An Exempt Employee Who Answers E-Mail Or Phone Calls While On FMLA Leave? [Wage & Hour FAQ]

By Bill Pokorny on March 5, 2012
Posted in Exemptions, Salary Basis, Wage and Hour FAQs

You've Got mailQ. A salaried, exempt employee who recently returned from a week of unpaid FMLA leave claims that he is entitled to be paid his full salary for entire week because he responded to a number of work-related e-mails and telephone calls while he was out. Do we have to pay?

A. Wage and hour law is…

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