Comments for The Employer's Advocate http://theemployersadvocate.com Practical Legal Help for Employers in the Texas Panhandle Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:16:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 Comment on Wal-Mart’s Costly Wage and Hour Mistakes by Wage Issues Keep Biting Employers | The Employer’s Advocate http://theemployersadvocate.com/?p=251#comment-1326 Wage Issues Keep Biting Employers | The Employer’s Advocate Wed, 12 May 2010 21:21:11 +0000 http://theemployersadvocate.com/?p=251#comment-1326 [...] have written other blog entries on paying overtime correctly (click here and here), keeping proper compensation records (click here), the new enforcement efforts by the DOL [...] [...] have written other blog entries on paying overtime correctly (click here and here), keeping proper compensation records (click here), the new enforcement efforts by the DOL [...]

]]> Comment on Are You “Stealing” Your Employees’ Wages? by Mark http://theemployersadvocate.com/?p=605#comment-1211 Mark Tue, 06 Apr 2010 01:05:42 +0000 http://theemployersadvocate.com/?p=605#comment-1211 I might be a little careful with that last statement in the article which advocates having employees clock in and out to prevent possible inflated wage claims in the future. It looks to me like so doing would seriously weaken an employers contention that that certain employees are exempt.It's kind of like putting up a "beware of dog" sign. If the dog bites somebody in the future, the argument can be made that you already knew the dog was a danger. By having employees you consider to be exempt clock in and out, you are admitting that you are tracking them in an hourly fashion, and so must have been aware that they are indeed, non exempt. I might be a little careful with that last statement in the article which advocates having employees clock in and out to prevent possible inflated wage claims in the future. It looks to me like so doing would seriously weaken an employers contention that that certain employees are exempt.It’s kind of like putting up a “beware of dog” sign. If the dog bites somebody in the future, the argument can be made that you already knew the dog was a danger.

By having employees you consider to be exempt clock in and out, you are admitting that you are tracking them in an hourly fashion, and so must have been aware that they are indeed, non exempt.

]]> Comment on Are You “Stealing” Your Employees’ Wages? by EEOC Ordered to Pay Employer’s Attorneys’ Fees | The Employer’s Advocate http://theemployersadvocate.com/?p=605#comment-1092 EEOC Ordered to Pay Employer’s Attorneys’ Fees | The Employer’s Advocate Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:12:35 +0000 http://theemployersadvocate.com/?p=605#comment-1092 [...] Are You “Stealing” Your Employees’ Wages? [...] [...] Are You “Stealing” Your Employees’ Wages? [...]

]]> Comment on Feds Increase Enforcement Against Employers by The Employer’s Advocate » DOL Narrowing Some Exemptions http://theemployersadvocate.com/?p=575#comment-975 The Employer’s Advocate » DOL Narrowing Some Exemptions Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:24:32 +0000 http://theemployersadvocate.com/?p=575#comment-975 [...] increasing the number of investigators employed by the DOL, which my earlier posts (click here and here) have said is exactly the plan that the Obama administration is [...] [...] increasing the number of investigators employed by the DOL, which my earlier posts (click here and here) have said is exactly the plan that the Obama administration is [...]

]]> Comment on 2011 Budget Means More Enforcement Against Employers by The Employer’s Advocate » DOL Narrowing Some Exemptions http://theemployersadvocate.com/?p=596#comment-974 The Employer’s Advocate » DOL Narrowing Some Exemptions Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:24:13 +0000 http://theemployersadvocate.com/?p=596#comment-974 [...] 2011 Budget Means More Enforcement Against Employers [...] [...] 2011 Budget Means More Enforcement Against Employers [...]

]]> Comment on Final Paychecks in Texas by Raul Rodriguez http://theemployersadvocate.com/?p=305#comment-969 Raul Rodriguez Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:25:38 +0000 http://theemployersadvocate.com/?p=305#comment-969 What if Im pressing charges on the employee for embezlement do I still mail check and what are the consequences, where would he submit the complaint? What if Im pressing charges on the employee for embezlement do I still mail check and what are the consequences, where would he submit the complaint?

]]> Comment on Feds Increase Enforcement Against Employers by The Employer’s Advocate » 2011 Budget Means More Enforcement Against Employers http://theemployersadvocate.com/?p=575#comment-966 The Employer’s Advocate » 2011 Budget Means More Enforcement Against Employers Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:07:40 +0000 http://theemployersadvocate.com/?p=575#comment-966 [...] the federal government has employers who violate any of the federal employment laws in its sights (click here for an earlier blog post on enforcement efforts). Money for enforcement is pouring into federal agencies like OSHA, which enforces health and [...] [...] the federal government has employers who violate any of the federal employment laws in its sights (click here for an earlier blog post on enforcement efforts). Money for enforcement is pouring into federal agencies like OSHA, which enforces health and [...]

]]> Comment on Bush’s Employment Law Legacy by The Employer’s Advocate » Feds Increase Enforcement Against Employers http://theemployersadvocate.com/?p=285#comment-844 The Employer’s Advocate » Feds Increase Enforcement Against Employers Mon, 30 Nov 2009 20:08:41 +0000 http://theemployersadvocate.com/?p=285#comment-844 [...] The Bush administration made significant changes in the laws affecting employers, most significantly to the Americans with Disabilities Act, which now treats almost every employee as disabled and provides enormous protection from discrimination to employees. I’ve written before about the laws that were changed during the Bush years and what employers should do to protect themselves from missteps. (Click here for that article). [...] [...] The Bush administration made significant changes in the laws affecting employers, most significantly to the Americans with Disabilities Act, which now treats almost every employee as disabled and provides enormous protection from discrimination to employees. I’ve written before about the laws that were changed during the Bush years and what employers should do to protect themselves from missteps. (Click here for that article). [...]

]]> Comment on How to be a Christian Employer by The Employer’s Advocate » How to be a Christian Employee http://theemployersadvocate.com/?p=61#comment-826 The Employer’s Advocate » How to be a Christian Employee Mon, 16 Nov 2009 20:29:41 +0000 http://theemployersadvocate.com/?p=61#comment-826 [...] expertise and my faith as I tackled the difficult topic of how to be a Christian employer. Click here for the column on being a Christian [...] [...] expertise and my faith as I tackled the difficult topic of how to be a Christian employer. Click here for the column on being a Christian [...]

]]> Comment on How to be a Christian Employee by Jennifer http://theemployersadvocate.com/?p=83#comment-700 Jennifer Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:24:59 +0000 http://theemployersadvocate.com/?p=83#comment-700 written wisely. written wisely.

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