An Iowa restaurant recently agreed to a settlement with the U.S. Department of Labor to resolve claims that the company engaged in systemic wage theft to defraud dozens of workers out of their overtime pay.
DES MOINES — The Iowa state legislature recently passed a law stripping overtime pay from potentially thousands of state employees and further reassessing the way those payments are calculated for over 12,000 other workers employed by the state.
Check out our Final Rule illustration, and be sure to share the infographic with colleagues and employers who may be subjected to the new overtime pay laws.
These questions and answers cover the details surrounding the final rule, and address what’s included in the final rule, as well as compliance and communication strategies, budget implications and possible morale and productivity issues.
STORM LAKE, Iowa — A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled on March 22 that a federal court correctly certified a class action Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) lawsuit filed by former and current employees at a Tyson Foods Inc. pork processing plant. The workers had filed a suit against the company alleging that they were […]
DES MOINES, Iowa — A recent lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) could bring as much as $600,000 in back wages to 38 restaurant workers in Iowa. The DOL’s lawsuit alleges the owners of a Mongolian Buffet and a King Buffet restaurant violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The department alleges the restaurants’ […]