The Fair Labor Standards Act has made plenty of news recently, but most of the attention has been focused on who qualifies for overtime. For much of 2016, it looked like new federal regulations would ...

Compensation and promotion decisions can place pressure on managers, who try to ensure the equitable distribution of salary raises according to a number of factors. Basing your compensation decisions ...

In a significant decision for employers–particularly those that rely on staffing agencies, labor halls, or mobile workforces–the Eleventh Circuit recently clarified important limits on what qualifies ...

It is generally understood that an employee must be compensated for his or her time spent working. That’s why the Fair Labor Standards Act, or FLSA, was enacted – to ensure that employees receive a ...

An employee’s action in picking up work-related tools or equipment, even beyond the official workday, can be considered a compensable injury, a panel of the Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board of ...

Under Georgia law, a claimant must prove he or she sustained an injury arising out of and in the course of the employment to recover workers' compensation benefits. The courts have construed a ...

When an employee suffers injury or death from any accident arising out of and in the course of employment, his/her employer shall pay compensation for such injury or death. But compensation shall not ...