Posts Tagged ‘Miami Employment Defense Attorney’
EEOC Releases Fiscal Year 2019 Statistical Report
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has released detailed breakdowns for the 72,675 charges of workplace discrimination that the agency received in fiscal year 2019, down slightly from the 76,418 filed in 2018. Back in 2010 the agency received almost 100,000 charges. The data show that retaliation continued to be the most frequently filed…
Read MoreFluctuating Work Week Overtime Rule Change Proposed by DOL
Employers could offer bonuses and other incentive-based compensation to employees with a fluctuating work week under a rule proposed by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) on November 4, 2019. The proposal modifies the current regulation which computes overtime compensation for salaried non-exempt employees who work varying weekly hours—known as a…
Read MoreAnother 1.2 Million Workers to be Eligible for Overtime Pay Under New Dept. of Labor Rules
After five years of debate and litigation, the United States Department of Labor has finally announced its new overtime rules, and an estimated 1.2-million workers are expected to become eligible for overtime pay who do not qualify under present rules. The new overtime exemption rule published on September 24 sets a new annual salary threshold…
Read MoreNew Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law Issued by EEOC
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has published online the newest edition of its federal sector Digest of Equal Employment Opportunity Law (EEO Digest), which is now available on the EEOC’s website at https://www.eeoc.gov/federal/digest/vol_2fy19.cfm. The issue is dated Fiscal Year 2019, Volume 2, April 2019. “It is important for our stakeholders to know what…
Read MoreTime to Update Florida Minimum Wage Poster for 2018 – up to $8.25 an hour
Florida’s state minimum wage rises 15 cents to $8.25 an hour on January 1, 2018, an increase from $8.10 an hour in 2017. Florida law requires the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity to calculate a minimum wage rate each year. The annual calculation is based on the percentage increase in the federal Consumer Price Index…
Read MoreRetaliation Claims in the Workplace: A growing threat for employers
In 2014, 3,261 claims of workplace retaliation were filed against employers in Florida with the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The EEOC concluded that fully 63% of them had no basis, and yet employers were forced to spend considerable amounts of time and money in defending them. Texas, Florida, and California were the…
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