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• Cooley Alert: Fair Labor Standards Act Amended to Exclude Some But Not All Stock Option Compensation from Overtime Calculations ( August 2000 )
  

  This alert reviews the new Worker Economic Opportunity Act (the "Act") which amends the Fair Labor Standards Act (the "FLSA") to clarify that an employer must exclude compensation attributable to a stock option, stock appreciation right or stock purchase under a "bona fide employee stock purchase program" (an "ESPP") from the calculation of overtime pay and also the calculation of whether the federal minimum wage has been paid for a non-exempt employee (i.e., an hourly employee).

• Three Overtime Nightmares ( December 2000 )
  

  Most employers understand their basic obligation to pay overtime compensation. They know there are "exempt" employ.

• Federal and State Statutes Pertaining to Termination, Discharge, Overtime and Wages ( November 2000 )
  

  Have you been terminated or discharged? Do you feel that your discharge was motivat.

• Changes In California's Overtime Laws Benefit Employees ( October 2000 )
  

  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 )
  

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

• New Developments Under the False Claims Act ( August 2000 )
  

  This article reviews new developments under the False Claims Act.

• Navigating the Fair Labor Standards Act ( September 2000 )
  

  In the Fall, 1998 edition of the Stein Sperling Employment Law Digest, some of the more common pitfalls associated .

• Self-Audits Of Employment Practices ( August 2000 )
  

  A. Introduction With the complexity of statutes and regulations affecting the workplace, every employer can bene.

• Bulletin: New California Overtime Law Could Cost Unwary Construction Contractors Millions ( January 2000 )
  

  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.