by Tim Coffield | Jun 6, 2023 | FLSA, Insights, Overtime, Tim Coffield Attorney, Wages, Working Time
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires covered employers to pay minimum wages and overtime compensation to certain categories of employees. These requirements involve a determination as to the number of hours an employee “works” each workweek. As explained below, the...
by Tim Coffield | Feb 4, 2022 | Employment Law
The Virginia Gap Pay Act, VA Code § 9.1-700, et seq. (“VGPA”), provides that certain fire protection and law enforcement employees must be paid overtime compensation for time worked in the “gap.” The “gap” refers to the all hours of work between (a) the statutory...
by Tim Coffield | Dec 13, 2021 | Employment Law
The Virginia Overtime Wage Act (“VOWA”) requires employers to pay covered employees overtime compensation. In some ways, the VOWA is similar to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act. In other ways, including the calculation of overtime rates...
by Tim Coffield | Aug 5, 2024 | FLSA, Independent Contractors, Insights, Minimum Wages, Misclassification, Overtime, Supreme Court Cases, Wages
Effective July 1, 2024, the Department of Labor’s new independent contractor rules provide guidelines for distinguishing between employees and non-employee independent contractors, for purposes of the overtime and minimum wage requirements of the Fair Labor Standards...
by Tim Coffield | Mar 12, 2024 | Exemptions, FLSA, Insights, Minimum Wages, Overtime, Wages
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires covered employers to pay minimum wages and overtime compensation to certain categories of employees. However, the law contains several exceptions or “exemptions” from these requirements. This post will focus on the exemption for...
by Tim Coffield | Feb 6, 2024 | Exemptions, FLSA, Insights, Overtime, Sales Employees, Wages
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires covered employers to pay minimum wages and overtime compensation to certain categories of employees. However, the law contains several exceptions or “exemptions” from these requirements, most of which turn on a combination of the...
by Tim Coffield | Jan 5, 2024 | Construction Workers, FLSA, Healthcare Employees, Insights, Nurses, Overtime, Wages, Working Time
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires covered employers to pay minimum wages and overtime compensation to certain categories of employees. These requirements involve a determination as to the number of hours an employee “works” each workweek. As explained below, the...
by Tim Coffield | Nov 13, 2023 | Computer, Exemptions, FLSA, Insights, Overtime, Wages
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires covered employers to pay minimum wages and overtime compensation to certain categories of employees. However, the law contains several exceptions or “exemptions” from these requirements, most of which turn on a combination of the...
by Tim Coffield | Sep 18, 2023 | FLSA, Insights, Minimum Wages, Overtime, Wages
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires covered employers to pay minimum wages and overtime compensation to certain categories of employees. These requirements involve a determination as to the employee’s regular or overtime hourly rate of pay. As explained below, FLSA...
by Tim Coffield | Jul 28, 2023 | FLSA, Healthcare Employees, Insights, Nurses, Overtime, Wages, Working Time
The Fair Labor Standards Act requires covered employers to pay minimum wages and overtime compensation to certain categories of employees. These requirements involve a determination as to the number of hours an employee “works” each workweek. As explained below, the...
by Tim Coffield | Apr 14, 2023 | Hiring, Insights, Military, Promotion, Virginia Laws
Virginia’s Veteran Preferential Hiring Law, Va. Code § 40.1-27.2 (“VPHL,” titled “Preference for veterans and spouses,”) allows employers to choose to grant preference in hiring and promotion to veterans or the spouses of disabled veterans. Definition of Disabled...
by Tim Coffield | Feb 13, 2023 | Civil Air Patrol, Insights, Leave, Military, Pilots, Retaliation, Virginia Laws
Virginia’s Civil Air Patrol Leave Law, Va. Code § 40.1-28.7:6 (“CAPLL,” titled “Employers to allow leave for volunteer members of Civil Air Patrol; civil remedy”), provides that employees who are volunteer members of the Civil Air Patrol are entitled to limited...
