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• When Is a Sales Commission Legally Earned? ( December 2006 )
  Morris E. Fischer of Morris E. Fischer, Attorneys at Law

  It is not uncommon for sales representatives who experience transition in their careers, either voluntarily or otherwise to have closed sales while in the company’s employ and never get compensated for their successes. Whether purposely or unintentionally withheld by the company, the effect is the same. A legal dispute will arise as to the sales person's right to earn the commission. For example, what if a sales representative closes a sale, but the customer doesn’t send in payment until after the sales person has left the company?

• Virginia Employers, Employees Unsure of Rights After Day of Rest Law Amended ( July 2004 )
  Nancy N. Delogu and Sue Marie King of Littler Mendelson, P.C.

  Legislative error has caused widespread consternation among Virginia employers who discovered on July 1, 2004, that the Commonwealth's little-known "day of rest" laws have been amended to permit all non-managerial employees to insist upon Sunday off.

• Deferring Vacation Pay Into A 401(k) Plan ( January 1997 )
  Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

  An examination of the consequence employers will confront when characterizing vacation pay contributions as non-elective employer contributions.

• Changes In California's Overtime Laws Benefit Employees ( October 2000 )
  Gayle L. Eskridge of Eskridge Law

  In July, Gov. Gray Davis signed AB60, the "Eight-Hour Day Restoration and Workplace Flexibility Act of 1999," into .

• Employment Law Alert: Worker Economic Opportunity Act Permits Employers to Exclude from Regular Rate of Pay Value and Income from Employee Stock Options Pursuant to Certain Plans ( October 2000 )
  Saul Ewing LLP

  On May 18, 2000, President Clinton signed into law the Worker Economic Opportunity Act, P.L. 106-202 (the "Act"). .

• Bulletin: New California Overtime Law Could Cost Unwary Construction Contractors Millions ( January 2000 )
  Robert  Spagat of Thelen Reid Brown Raysman & Steiner LLP

  This article discusses the recent California statute passed this year which obligates construction contractors to pay their workers overtime for all hours worked beyond eight in one day and on the seventh consecutive day in one week.

• California's New Overtime Law ( May 2000 )
  William R. Hart of Hart, King & Coldren

  Officially entitled the "Eight-Hour-Day-Restoration and Workplace Flexibility Act of 1999 (the Act)," California'.

• Carolinas Employers Should Evaluate Mexican Labor Laws Before Going into Business in Mexico ( October 1999 )
  Duff, White & Turner, LLC

  During the last two years, a record number of Carolinas-based employers have started doing business in Mexico, in .

• Los Angeles Labor & Employment Alert: The New Millennium Means The Return of Daily Overtime ( July 1999 )
  Sidley Austin LLP

  Provided is a detailed analysis of AB60 (effective January 1, 2000), which provides that hours worked in excess of eight hours in one workday must be paid for at time and one-half the employee's regular rate of pay.

• How Do I Tame the Overtime Dragon? ( August 1999 )
  Ryan, Swanson & Cleveland, PLLC

  How to correctly compute overtime seems to generate more calls than any other wage- and-hour issue. The basic rule.