” Picture a nerdier version of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where persuasive legal briefs and sharp oral advocacy are like rear naked chokes and “ground and pound.” The fight card. [Cue music] In the red corner, we have the Federal Arbitration Act. Among other things, the FAA allows an employer and employee…
Out of 276,376 page views in 2016 — thanks for reading and clicking refresh, dad — these five were straight fire!!! 5. The new DOL overtime rules are here. You’ve got HR questions? I have answers! 4. Foul! Nasty tweets to Steph Curry’s family cost a Cavs fan his job. 3. “A person…
The U.S. Department of Labor’s proposed overtime rules were supposed to impact something like 5 million employees. Those rules would have taken effect on December 1. But, about that… And, those proposed rules are now on life support. Still, even the specter of the rule change achieved its intended effect.…
Really, Eric. Another post about those darn Department of Labor overtime rules?!? Hold up! This one’s different. Last week, the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) recorded its first overtime-rules podcast: “Enjoined OT Rules – Now What?” Nancy Hammer, Esq., SHRM’s Senior Government Affairs Policy Counsel, hosted the podcast. With…
Yesterday, President Elect Donald J. Trump tapped Andy Puzder to run the Department of Labor. Over on that Twitter jawn, I was asked for my hot take on what Mr. Puzder’s appointment as Secretary of Labor means for the DOL’s proposed overtime rules. Well, before I answer that question, let’s explore the…
Today is your lucky day. For, your see, I have received special permission from my Illuminati brothers and sisters to share with you the secret to navigating this morass that is the U.S. Department of Labor overtime rules and the recent nationwide injunction. What does the future hold? Well, for me, since…
December 1, 2016 was quite a day! First, on the day that the Department of Labor’s new overtime rules would have taken affect, I blew up the U.S. Department of Labor‘s spot by winning my 5th ABA Blawg 100 award. But, buried below the fold was this news that the DOL had appealed a…
Did you have a nice Thanksgiving holiday? How many of you gave thanks to that federal court in Texas for entering a nationwide injunction on the DOL overtime rules? Glass half-full (of old, stinky wage-and-hour milk). On the one hand, most of you got what you originally hoped for. That…
In a massive stroke of irony, a federal judge — one appointed by President Barack Obama — entered a nationwide injunction Tuesday to stop the implementation of the U.S. Department of Labor Fair Labor Standards Act overtime rules that would have taken effect on December 1, 2016. In March 2014, President…
I’ll open this post with a haiku. Because, I feel like we could all use a haiku. President-Elect For HR, what will he do? Not a stinkin’ clue! …and any employment-law wonk who tells you otherwise, well, we saw how the pundits fared predicting the outcome of the presidential election.…