President Obama praised Vermont and Gov. Peter Shumlin for making paid sick leave a reality for working Vermonters.
Key changes to the Philadelphia Ban the Box law are set to take effect March 14, 2016. The amended law adds several restrictions to employers who perform background checks. Read on for the details…
Remember the 1970’s movie Mr. Mom? In this movie, Jack Butler (Michael Keaton) was a dad who learned a hard lesson about how important a mother’s job really is to the entire family. He thought the mundane duties of the day like making breakfast, changing diapers and driving carpool were up for interpretation and he […]
Join me here for a throw-back episode from one of my 2015 podcast attempts. LOL Tune in and listen as I talk about the generation gap in the workplace and why people of all ages should make an effort to know about the other generations in their particular workplace. We’ll start with the He-man Woman […]
You don’t have to be in the hotel business to understand why the Erin Andrews case has really opened up quite a discussion in the world of HR and OSHA compliance. Ms. Andrews was video taped nude without her knowledge by a stalker who obtained her name and room number from the hotel staff. We […]
Listen up Employers, Managers and Supervisors! The Department of Labor’s Solicitor of Labor, Patricia Smith, confirmed the release and implementation plans for the much anticipated White Collar Overtime Exemption Final Rule during her speech at the American Bar Association’s mid-winter meeting of the Federal Labor Standards Legislation Committee. This is truly BREAKING NEWS that all employers must pay […]
Every day a new wage and hour class action is filed and/or settled somewhere in the USA. Why is it so hard to just do it right? Do what right, you ask? Well….. all of it. Pay workers a fair wage plus overtime – for starters. Use some reason. If it sounds unfair to the […]
Overtime exemptions can be difficult to determine. Have you ever thought you might just call up your friend who works for a large nationally known corporation and ask how they classify certain types of workers? I mean, after all, the big guys have all of the money and can afford to pay expert employment law […]
Calculating overtime is always a source of litigation when you open most any law blog. Complicating the various methods of calculation required by either a federal or state law is the addition of payments such as bonuses which may affect the overtime rate. I came across this court case which nicely spelled out the calculations used […]