Fastenal has announced an agreement to settle a wage-hour lawsuit filed against it toward the end of 2007. Wage-hour law can be a tricky area for employers, as we reported in our premium content newsletter back in October when the lawsuit was filed. In light of Fastenal’s settlement, it’s probably worth revisiting that report.
One lawyer from the national employment law firm Fisher &Phillips told me at that time that it’s not unusual to see legal problems arise from confusion over the exemption status of certain workers, as Fastenal has recently seen. So-called “white-collar” exemptions depend in part on what kind of work the employee is …
The Sticky Areas of the Fair Labor Standards Act
Fastenal has announced an agreement to settle a wage-hour lawsuit filed against it toward the end of 2007. Wage-hour law can be a tricky area for employers, as we reported in our premium content newsletter back in October when the lawsuit was filed. In light of Fastenal’s settlement, it’s probably worth revisiting that report.
One lawyer from the national employment law firm Fisher &Phillips told me at that time that it’s not unusual to see legal problems arise from confusion over the exemption status of certain workers, as Fastenal has recently seen. So-called “white-collar” exemptions depend in part on what kind of work the employee is …
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Lindsay Young is the president of 3 Aspens Media, a B2B content strategy and marketing content firm that works with distributors to translate their offline expertise – online. She has more than 20 years of experience leading and producing online and print content for publications and businesses. She leads a team of 12 writers, client success managers, designers, marketing specialists and strategists to produce content that helps companies translate their benefits to key decision-makers. She was previously the editor of Modern Distribution Management.
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