Fair Labor Standards Handbook
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The Fair Labor Standards Handbook is the most comprehensive and easy-to-use resource of its kind — and it’s written especially for public-sector employers like you. Thompson Information Services specifically designed this product to help you easily navigate the complex web of compliance challenges related to the Fair Labor Standards Act. This wage and hour tool provides comprehensive analysis and practical guidance on how to most effectively implement FLSA policies by answering your most pressing questions related to your day-to-day-work.
With the Fair Labor Standards Handbook, you can:
• Stay on top of changes in FLSA regulations and new court rulings
• Deploy effective remedies if a DOL audit or investigation is launched
• Confidently execute special rules governing overtime and other issues
• Streamline procedures with sample forms and documents
• Prepare and monitor compliance issues as laid out by leading HR attorneys and other experts
• Stay informed with 12 newsletters stating the latest regulation changes and court cases, and 12 updates, so that if information in your Handbook becomes outdated, you’ll automatically receive new and revised information
• Call the editor with unanswered questions — a special resource for subscribers
Major Topics Covered
Written especially for public sector employers, the Fair Labor Standards Handbook translates compliance into easy-to-follow steps. You’ll get the practical tools and expert guidance you need to protect your agency from lawsuits and DOL investigations. All in one place.
Featured Topics
• Exempt Employees
• School, Special District and Other Employees
• Hours Worked and Compensation
• Overtime Compensation
• Overtime for Police and Firefighters
• Equal Pay and Child Labor
• Recordkeeping
• Enforcement and Remedies
Summary of C
100 Introduction and Overview
200 Exempt Employees and Non-Covered Employees
300 More Types of Exempt Employees
400 Hours Worked and Compensation
500 Overtime Compensation
600 Overtime for Police and Firefighters
700 Equal Pay and Child Labor
800 Recordkeeping
900 Enforcement and Remedies
1000 Sample Forms and Documents
1100 State Wage and Hour Laws Appendixes
Indexes
Format and Frequency
- Two-volume manual
- Updates (12 updates)
- Newsletters (12)
About Your Subscription
Your annual subscription includes published updates at no additional charge for the 12 month subscription period. If you have any questions about your subscription, please contact Client Services at 800-677-3789 or by e-mailing service@thompson.com
Authors and Editors
Daniel B. Abrahams, Esq., is a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of the international law firm, Brown Rudnick LLP.
Mr. Abrahams regularly represents employers before the U.S. Department of Labor and in the courts. Mr. Abrahams was an adjunct assistant professor at George Washington University Law School for almost a decade, where he co-taught a course entitled, "Federal Labor Standards" in the Government Contracts Program. He has lectured widely on government contracts and labor standards topics for private groups, the Small Business Administration, Federal Publications Inc., the Educational Services Institute, and the George Washington University Government Contracts Program. He is co-author of the Fair Labor Standards Handbook for States, Local Governments and Schools, the Employer's Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Public Employer's Guide to FLSA Employee Classification, and the FLSA Employee Exemption Handbook, all published by Thompson Publishing Group®, and serves on the Editorial Advisory Board for the monthly newsletters of all four publications.
Sandra J. Boyd is the vice president of advocacy and outreach for Achieve, Inc., a bipartisan, non-profit organization that helps states raise academic standards, improve assessments and strengthen accountability to prepare all young people for postsecondary education, work and citizenship. She holds an undergraduate degree from San Diego State University and a juris doctor from the George Washington University Law School. Boyd has served as the vice president of human resources policy at the National Association of Manufacturers in Washington, D.C.; as Assistant General Counsel of the Labor Policy Association and as an attorney at the Washington, D.C., law firm of Epstein, Becker and Green, where she practiced labor and government contract law; and as an adjunct professor at George Washington University, National Law Center. She is co-author of Employer's Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act; Fair Labor Standards Handbook for States, Local Governments and Schools; FLSA Employee Exemption Handbook; and Public Employer's Guide to FLSA Employee Classification, published by Thompson Publishing Group®.
Gilbert J. Ginsburg is an attorney, and counselor-at-law and former partner in the Washington, D.C., law firm of Epstein Becker and Green. He holds an undergraduate degree and juris doctor from the University of Chicago and currently is an adjunct professor at The George Washington University Law School. He is co-author of the Fair Labor Standards Handbook for States, Local Governments and Schools; and Employer's Guide to the Fair Labor Standards Act, published by Thompson Publishing Group®.
Shlomo D. Katz is counsel in the Washington, D.C. office of the international law firm, Brown Rudnick LLP. He holds a B.S. degree from the University of Maryland, School of Architecture, and a juris doctor from the George Washington University Law School. Katz’ areas of specialty include wage and hour, government procurement, and construction law. He advises clients on classification and salary basis issues, participates in wage-hour litigation, and assists clients in developing innovative compensation plans. He lectures regularly on the Fair Labor Standards Act and has been a contributing editor to several Thompson Publishing Group books and newsletters.
Editorial Advisory Board for the Fair Labor Standards Handbook for States, Local Governments and Schools
Daniel B. Abrahams, Esq.
Brown Rudnick LLP
Washington, D.C.
Robert A. Boonin, Esq.
Butzel Long
Ann Arbor, Mich.
William J. Cutler, Jr., SPHR
Cutler Consulting Services LLC
San Antonio, Fla.
Paul DeCamp
Jackson Lewis LLP,
Vienna, Va.
David S. Fortney, Esq.
Fortney & Scott, LLC,
Washington, D.C.
Donna S. Galchus, Esq.
Cross, Gunter, Witherspoon & Galchus, P.C.
Little Rock, Ark.
Shlomo D. Katz, Esq.
Brown Rudnick LLP
Washington, D.C.
Judith E. Kramer
Fortney & Scott, LLC,
Washington, D.C.
Tammy D. McCutchen, Esq.
Littler Mendelson
Washington, D.C.
Alexander Passantino
Seyfarth Shaw LLP,
Washington, D.C.
James A. Prozzi, Esq.
Jackson Lewis LLP, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Howard M. Radzely, Esq.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Washington, D.C.
Alfred B. Robinson, Jr.
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.
Washington, D.C.
William P. Schurgin, Esq.
Seyfarth Shaw LLP,
Chicago, Ill.
David H. Spalter, Esq.
Jill S. Schwartz & Associates, P.A.
Winter Park, Fla.
Sally Still, Esq.
Ward Damon Posner Pheterson & Bleau
West Palm Beach, Fla.
Daniel G. Vliet, Esq.
Buelow Vetter Olson Buikema & Vliet LLC
Waukesha, Wis.
Brian P. Walter, Esq.
Liebert Cassidy Whitmore
Los Angeles, Calif.
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