Thursday, June 19th, 2008

Model Safe Harbor Policies for Exempt Employees and for Fluctuating Workweeks

The FLSA offers a “safe harbor” for employers who inadvertently make impermissible deductions from the salaries of exempt employees, and for employers who pay non-exempt employees on a fluctuating workweek basis.  Management-side law firm Jackson Lewis has drafted and published two sample policies to protect the employer.  You can find them here. 

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Filed under AWHA, FLSA

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

DAlaska: Pro Se Litigants

A recent order from Judge Timothy Burgess illustrates a tool the District of Alaska uses to manage some pro se litigation.  Without prompting by the other side, Burgess advised a pro se plaintiff in a Section 1983 case that he had failed to identify any federal right, advised him of the possibility of an adverse award of attorney fees, […]

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Filed under Civil procedure