Lancaster Law Blog

The Fair Labor Standards Act is Archaic. The FLSA was enacted in 1938 with only minor amendments since then. It doesn’t fit into today’s economy. For example, Overtime is still described and viewed as a...

The Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007, signed into law by President Bush on May 25, 2007 increases the federal minimum wage for the first time in 10 years. In a three-step process, the Federal minimum wage will increase to $5.85...

The second installment of Pennsylvania’s minimum wage increase takes effect on July 1, 2007. For most employers, the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act increases Pennsylvania’s minimum wage as follows:...

Last month the Department of Labor announced the addition of its "Overtime Calculator" to the five other previously published FLSA Advisors. Although it is unlikely that the Calculator will displace Spider...

Having identified several of the most common Wage & Hour mistakes in the last post, I wanted to expound upon 5 of them that I see over and over again: 1.    Misclassifying nonexempt employees as exempt...