Here’s what we’re up to, what we’re thinking about, and what legal developments might affect your organization.
DOL Issues Guidance: When Must Hourly Employee Be Paid for Optional Training Time
On November 3rd, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued an opinion letter regarding the compensability of employee training time. This is not a new regulation or law, but non-binding guidance on a few scenarios that employers might encounter. These scenarios assume...
DOL Issues Guidance for Travel Time
On November 3rd, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued an opinion letter regarding compensation for travel time of non-exempt foremen and laborers in the construction field under the Portal-to-Portal Act. The DOL outline three scenarios and its guidance for each....
HR Hypos and Reflections on a Changing Employee Benefits World
Presentation Materials My good friend Amy Dieterich at Skelton, Tainter & Abbott, and I gave a presentation to the Central Maine Human Resources Association and the Lewiston Auburn Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce today. Amy does a lot of work as plaintiffs...
PPP forgiveness for loans $50,000.00 and less
If you are a PPP borrower and have loans of less than $50,000.00, good news- the forgiveness application recently got a lot simpler. The SBA promulgated an interim rule and Form 3508S, which simply requires the borrower to self-certify that they meet the requirements...
Payroll Tax Deferral and Eating Our Vegetables While They Are Still Hot
According to this article from Bloomberg, printed in the Lewiston Sun journal, "no major private employer has stepped forward with plans to forgo withholding the levy from workers' paychecks" as permitted by the recent executive order. This is consistent with our...
OSHA Guidance on Reporting Workplace COVID
If one of my employees gets COVID, do I have to tell OSHA? Should I report COVID exposure to OSHA if it happens at my company? Back in May, OSHA issued some new guidance regarding the recording and reporting of workplace-related COVID-19. This addresses whether COVID...
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