--- title: "July 2020" description: "" url: "https://wimlaw.com/publications/newsletters/july-2020" date: "2026-06-22T06:41:51+00:00" language: "en-US" --- # July 2020 [ ![calculator next to computer laptop on desk near a pen](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/ed/h2adkwigqea-ed135a01.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1045:rule-update-calculating-overtime-fluctuating-workweeks&catid=197)## [New Rule for Calculating OVERTIME for Fluctuating Workweeks](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1045:rule-update-calculating-overtime-fluctuating-workweeks&catid=197) July 01, 2020 | [July 2020](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=197) We all know (or learn) that not everything in life can be carefully planned. For example, some weeks an employer may need a worker for just 30 hours, but in another week may need them to put in 50 hours. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) has long provided employers with the option to pay nonexempt employees whose hours vary on a salary basis… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1045:rule-update-calculating-overtime-fluctuating-workweeks&catid=197) [ ![a lie has no legs sign](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/1d/3dt_d9ttbv0-1dc84ab2.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1044:baseless-harassment-claim-dismissal&catid=197)## [Federal Appeals Court Finds Lawful Discharge of an Employee Bringing Baseless Harassment Claim](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1044:baseless-harassment-claim-dismissal&catid=197) July 01, 2020 | [July 2020](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=197) According to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, the U.S. Army's decision to fire a civilian employee because it found her repeated complaints of harassment baseless, does not violate the federal discrimination laws. Carrethers v. McCarthy, 2020 BL 198271 (5/28/20). The employer had assigned an investigator, who concluded that it was "extremely… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1044:baseless-harassment-claim-dismissal&catid=197) [ ![grocery store lady](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/93/u0wt070j_io-934ad336.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1043:employee-claiming-infection-working-response&catid=197)## [Defenses to Employers from Employee Claiming Infection of the Coronavirus on the Job](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1043:employee-claiming-infection-working-response&catid=197) July 01, 2020 | [July 2020](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=197) Employers, along with other establishments all across the country, fear operating under circumstances where employees may claim they became sick with COVID-19 by contracting the Coronavirus at work. 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