Employers with salaried employees – employees exempt from minimum wage and overtime laws – should take steps to ensure they are complying with federal regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Effective March 27, 2015, the definition of "spouse" under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) will include legal same-sex and common-law marriages, as long as the couple were legally married in the state where the marriage was entered into. Previously, the regulatory definition of spouse only allowed people to take leave to care for a [...]