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News Archives: Time Tracking
New App Could Disrupt the Biometric Clock Market
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TimeMD.com, a leader in Time and Attendance software, is set to release a new app that is poised to revolutionize the traditional biometric time clock. The new app, currently code named, “PicTime”, has been designed to take advantage of the readily available technology found in some of the most popular tablet devices. In turn, this will allow businesses to finally be able to afford a nearly 100% reliable employee verification process for tracking time. Continue reading
New DOL Timekeeping Application Serves as Wake-Up Call For Employers
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced a new timesheet application enabling employees to independently track their hours to help determine the wages they are owed. Consequently, many business that still rely on manual or outdated timekeeping systems now face increased exposure to wage and hour audits and/or lawsuits. Continue reading
DCAA Time Keeping Compliance with TimeMD
Certain Industries More at Risk of DOL Audits… Is Yours?
Recent amendments to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) have had an immediate and dramatic impact on a variety of industries. Now, in order to qualify under FLSA guidelines as an “exempt” employee (i.e. an employee ineligible for overtime), the employee must make more than $455 weekly, and satisfy the requirements for a three-part test for exemption from overtime pay: Continue reading
TimeMD Helps Companies with Sarbanes-Oxley
Unless you’ve been living in a corporate cave for the last 8 years, you’ve mostly likely heard of the Sarbanes-Oxley act of 2002. The bill was enacted as a reaction to a number of major corporate and accounting scandals including those affecting Enron, Tyco International, Adelphia, Peregrine Systems and WorldCom. These scandals, which cost investors billions of dollars when the share prices of affected companies collapsed, shook public confidence in the nation’s securities markets. Continue reading
DOL Publishes Guidance On Recent Amendments Regarding Breaks & Breast Feeding
Fact Sheet #73: Break Time for Nursing Mothers Under the FLSA
The DOL has released a new fact sheet, that provides general information on the break time requirement for nursing mothers in the recent Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”), which took effect when the PPACA was signed into law on March 23, 2010. The PPACA amended Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The fact sheet provides:
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Working Overtime May Harm The Heart, CNN Reports
A reminder to enjoy yourself and unwind this holiday weekend, from the folks at CNN:
“If you’ve been saying for years that long hours at work are killing you, forward this article to your bossit might literally be true. According to a new study, people who work more than 10 hours a day are about 60 percent more likely to develop heart disease or have a heart attack than people who clock just seven hours a day.
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W.D.Pa.: Grants Conditional Certification for Automatic Meal/Break Case
Camesi v. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Describing the policy in question, the Court stated:
“Non-exempt employees are the subject of Defendants’ written “UPMC Compensation Manual.” Although different versions of the Manual have existed, Defendants advise that the relevant provisions have remained materially the same
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Growth of Unpaid Internships May Be Illegal
NY Times reports that there is a growing trend of employers, who illegally deem workers, entitled to be paid at least minimum wage, to be unpaid interns.
The article reports that, [w]ith job openings scarce for young people, the number of unpaid internships has climbed in recent years, leading federal and state regulators to worry that more employers are illegally using such internships for free labor.
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Low-wage Workers Suffer High Rate Of Workplace Abuse and Wage Theft
UCLA Today, a periodical covering faculty and staff news at UCLA has released a story summarizing the findings of a recent study conducted by 3 UCLA researchers, that examined the frequency of labor and wage abuses against low-wage workers in the Los Angeles area.
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