“The boss is a jerk. I dread coming to work every day. I’m treated unfairly. Everyone else gets better treatment than I do. My pay stinks, and my company’s paid-time-off policy leaves much to be desired. I should sue!”...more
A federal judge in Indiana dismissed yesterday all that remained of a lawsuit filed by student athletes, alleging that they were “employees” and therefore entitled to the minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act....more
This is scary. You’d think a person with “Manager” in her job title who was making more than $89,000 a year would be exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. ...more
Yesterday the U.S. Department of Labor began enforcement of its Home-Care Rule, which prohibits third-party employers from taking advantage of the overtime exemption for some domestic workers. The rule also narrows the...more
The U.S. Department of Labor has announced that it will start next month enforcing the new “Home-Care” Final Rule, which prohibits third-party employers from taking advantage of the overtime exemption for certain domestic...more
“An apple a day keeps the doctor lawyer away.” Here are five easy and inexpensive things that employers can do to minimize their risk of being sued and maximize their chances of victory if they do get sued. None of these...more
8/8/2015
/ Complaint Procedures ,
Corporate Counsel ,
Disclosure ,
Employer Liability Issues ,
Employment Discrimination ,
Exempt-Employees ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Information Sharing ,
Misclassification ,
Non-Exempt Employees ,
Wrongful Termination
Large law firms and legal services vendors often hire stables of contract lawyers to do document review in big cases. Sometimes, the lawyers who do the review are actually reading and analyzing the documents in light of the...more
Law360 reported this morning that the U.S. Department of Labor issued a memorandum addressing the “independent contractor versus employee” issue, taking the position that most workers are actually employees within the meaning...more
Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez announced today that the U.S. Department of Labor has submitted a proposed rule on the white-collar FLSA overtime exemptions to the federal Office of Management and Budget, which means that the...more
Happy new year, everybody! Although I've been on vacation, the news never sleeps, and the Mayans were wrong. Accordingly, I have a few items to catch you up on....more
1/3/2013
/ Breastfeeding ,
Department of Labor (DOL) ,
Discrimination ,
Email ,
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) ,
Hiring & Firing ,
Marital Communications Privilege ,
Melissa Nelson ,
Nelson v Knight ,
Sex Discrimination ,
Termination
Remember that Supreme Court decision involving alleged retaliation based on an oral complaint of violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act? The plaintiff in the case is now going to get a jury trial....more