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The New Overtime Challenge: Achieving Compliance in an Evolving Era of Compensation Management

New rules create a multitude of workplace and compliance challenges. The U.S. Labor Department, together with the White House, announced long-awaited and much anticipated final changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime rules

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The Anatomy of an Effective Franchise Sales Compliance Program

An effective franchise sales compliance program enables the franchise organization to operate free from the impending threat of litigation or other disruptions that can result from a failure to properly manage the sales process.

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The Benefits of Having a Full, In-House Legal Team

Having a robust in-house legal team allows other legal staff to focus on their strengths and larger company initiatives, and ensures that the company is not only adequately protected on important legal risks, but expertly protected.

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Exempt, Non-Exempt, and Salaried Employees: What You Don’t Know Could Cost You

Some of the most common FLSA violations involve overtime and misclassification. Be sure to calculate and pay overtime in accordance with federal and state law, and apply tests for exemption correctly now and when the new rules are issued.

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Joint Employer Rule Challenges Present Opportunity to Reinforce Roles, Responsibilities

Franchisors rightly impose requirements and system standards to assure uniformity in the franchise system and protect their trademarks.

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Supreme Court Nomination: A Legal Quagmire

It goes without saying that the passing of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia represents a major loss of a legal titan and champion of the Constitution. It will impact this country on many levels for decades to come.

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