TheBluZebra [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia CommonsThe last thirty days have been hecka-busy at the U.S. Department of Labor. On March 7, the DOL announced a proposed rule to adjust the salary-level for overtime exemptions. I blogged about that here. Then, on March 28, the DOL announced another proposed rule, one…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/illustrations/oil-price-gas-station-news-fuel-990357/) I remember the time that the U.S. Department of Labor showed up unannounced to the Bloggerdome. It was yesterday. And, I’m pretty sure that the five-year-old ratted me out for paying my other three kids in Cheerios for installing a marble driveway. The driveway was a…
Image Credit: Pexels.com (https://www.pexels.com/photo/2018-alarm-clock-balance-business-612051/) Before all the Facebook creepiness, pukey-poopy emojis, and gushing over my awesome law firm, I foreshadowed some changes from the U.S. Department of Labor to the Fair Labor Standards Act overtime rules. Yesterday, the DOL put a ring on it and made it official. Here’s where I quote…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/vectors/alarm-clock-clock-retro-time-watch-146469/) Remember that f**king fire drill? Back in 2016, the United States Department of Labor proposed a rule that would have made millions of workers eligible to earn overtime for the first time by raising the salary-level that exempts certain individuals from overtime eligibility under the Fair Labor…
Copyright Free – Stock Free images. Public Domain image dedication. CC0 1.0 Universal Licence – http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ Remember when I told you that New Jersey was this close to upping the minimum wage to $15/hr? I lied. (Actually, I was telling the truth.) Dustin Racioppi at NorthJersey.com reports here that Governor Phil…
By Darwinek – self-made using Image:Flag of New Jersey.svg and Image:USA New Jersey location map.svg, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link On Wednesday, I blogged about how Democrats in the U.S. Senate were introducing a new bill to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $15 per hour. Yesterday,…
Copyright Free – Stock Free images. Public Domain image dedication. CC0 1.0 Universal Licence – http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ For nearly ten years, from September 1, 1997 through July 23, 2007, the federal minimum wage was $5.15 per hour. Three times in the following two years, the minimum wage rose, settling in at $7.25 per…
Beukbeuk [Public domain], from Wikimedia CommonsI’ve got you covered. According to a recent New York Times article, it is “common among American employers” for companies not to “provide hourly workers with break time and a private place to pump.” Employers that don’t allow new moms time to pump at work…
Roula30 [CC BY-SA 3.0], from Wikimedia CommonsHere’s a belated holiday present from the U.S. Department of Labor for employers with hourly employees to ring in the new year. Back on Friday, December 21, when I was out braving last-minute-shopper crowds at the mall watching Bird Box on Netflix working past regular business…
Image Credit: Pixabay.com (https://pixabay.com/en/dollar-gift-hand-keep-give-3313761/) #TheMoreYouKnow A big tip of the cap and thank you to Janette Levey Frisch, who is the muse for today’s post. Yesterday, Janette posted on LinkedIn and a U.S. Department of Labor settlement. This isn’t just any ordinary wage and hour settlement. No, this one settled Fair Labor…