In a Law360 article, I provided insight on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) proposed regulations on retirement plans that would make it easier for companies to join existing retirement plans or join forces to generate new ones – which has the potential to broaden the availability of workplace retirement plans to allowing small businesses. Under the proposed regulations, “a group of unrelated employers could now have a single ERISA plan,” I explained.
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New Overtime Rules Could Upend Pay Structures
By Tim K. Garrett on
Posted in Employee Handbooks and Policies
Bass, Berry & Sims attorney Tim Garrett provided insight on the impact that hospitals may encounter as a result of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) new overtime pay rule, set to take effect December 1, 2016. The new rule will more than double the salary level for those employees classified as exempt from overtime pay…
DOL Proposes New Rules Severely Limiting Home Care Worker Exemption
By Robert Horton on
Posted in Wage and Hour Law and Practice
In a move that could significantly increase employer costs in the home care market, the Department of Labor has published proposed rules that will severely limit the current minimum wage and overtime exemptions for those who provide “companionship services.”
The proposed rules basically do two things:
- The rules narrow the definition of “companionship services. The
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