Seminar Details
March 1, 2007
MB&J Breakfast Seminar Series: Wage and Hour Check Up - Avoid Becoming A Class Action Target
Location: Offices of Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP – 200 State Street 11th Floor, Boston
Time: 8:00 am – 10:00 am
Please note- this seminar is limited to 25 participants. There is no fee for this seminar.
Daniel S. Field, Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP
- Overtime Exemption Update; how have the rules changed for executive, administrative and professional workers? Where do commission sales and other exemptions stand? How does state law now differ from federal law?
- State Blue Laws: When is premium pay mandated for Sunday and holiday work and how is overtime calculated in these cases?
- Record Keeping Law: What kinds of time and wage records must an employer keep in Massachusetts? What kinds of records do employees have the right to read and copy?
- Employee Complaints: When are employees afforded special protection from retaliation?
- Other regulatory guidance on little known labor codes on rest breaks, uniform deductions, docking pay on snow days and more.
Jennifer Bombard, Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP
9:35am-10:00am
Daniel S. Field and Jennifer Bombard, Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP
- Wage Payment and Exemption Audits, Correcting Mistakes, Using New Federal “Safe Harbor” Protections, Strategies for Defending Law Suits
- Question and Answer Period
The last 24 months have seen several significant changes to both federal and state wage and hour standards that affect most employers’ practices on a daily basis. Meanwhile class action lawsuits -- including those targeting small businesses-- have proliferated at an astounding pace. Some important recent legal changes include:
- Rules affecting employee protections when an informal internal complaint is lodged with a supervisor
- When employees may be treated as exempt from overtime pay requirements
- Employee rights to review various employment records
- Extra pay requirements for Sunday and holiday work
- Independent contractor standards
- And a host of other little-known regulatory changes.
Join Dan Field, former chief of the Massachusetts Attorney General’s wage enforcement unit, and Jennifer Bombard for a fast-paced and informative seminar that will provide practical information to ensure your wage and hour practices are legally compliant.
Agenda
8:00am-8:15 am
Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:15am-9:00 am
Overview of Important Wage and Hour Law Changes
Daniel S. Field, Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP
- Overtime Exemption Update; how have the rules changed for executive, administrative and professional workers? Where do commission sales and other exemptions stand? How does state law now differ from federal law?
- State Blue Laws: When is premium pay mandated for Sunday and holiday work and how is overtime calculated in these cases?
- Record Keeping Law: What kinds of time and wage records must an employer keep in Massachusetts? What kinds of records do employees have the right to read and copy?
- Employee Complaints: When are employees afforded special protection from retaliation?
- Other regulatory guidance on little known labor codes on rest breaks, uniform deductions, docking pay on snow days and more.
9:00am-9:35am
Wage and Hour Class Action Update
Jennifer Bombard, Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP
- Case Survey: Newly Filed Class Action Cases
- Plaintiffs’ Use of New Theories and Statutes
- Update on Massachusetts and Other Court Damages Awards
- Plaintiffs’ Use of New Theories and Statutes
- Update on Massachusetts and Other Court Damages Awards
9:35am-10:00am
Conducting a Wage and Hour Check Up
Daniel S. Field and Jennifer Bombard, Morgan, Brown & Joy, LLP
- Wage Payment and Exemption Audits, Correcting Mistakes, Using New Federal “Safe Harbor” Protections, Strategies for Defending Law Suits
- Question and Answer Period
