Posts in Employment Law
Highly Compensated and Thus More Easily Exempted

Employees who are highly compensated at the rate of $100,000 a year just need to have one exempt duty so long as the worker’s primary duty is the performance of office or nonmanual activities. This makes for a much more relaxed test of exempt status from minimum wage, overtime and prevailing wage requirements.

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Why Do Construction Workers Get Paid Weekly While Service Workers Do Not?

Unlike the Copeland Anti-Kickback Act, which covers most US Government construction projects, the Service Contract Act does not dictate the weekly payment of wages.  So while Davis-Bacon Act covered construction workers' wages must be paid weekly, other federal laws like the SCA do not necessarily require such frequency of payment.  

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Federal Enclave Doctrine -- Sometimes State Wage and Hour Claims are Barred

Sometimes federal contractors are working on goverment installations and find themselves being sued under state or local wage and hour laws. In exceptional crcumstances, these state causes of action may be barred by the federal enclave doctrine, which makes federal law supreme over certain government properties where the state has receded from jurisdiction.

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