By Tehdog – Own work, CC0, Link “Uh, dude. It’s ‘moot,’ not ‘mute.’ You did go to law school, right?” Either way, on Tuesday, both the House and Senate put forth versions of the same bill called the Restoring Overtime Pay Act. Here is the House version, and here is…
By Darwinek – self-made using Image:Flag of Nevada.svg and Image:USA Nevada location map.svg, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link Alabama. Oh, wait. I meant Nevada. Details, Eric. Details! On June 5, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak (D) signed Assembly Bill No. 132 into law, which makes it “unlawful for any employer in [Nevada]…
Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay Two of them, actually. Check out this employment law blog. Who Is My Employee? is a blog from employment attorney Todd Lebowitz that explores independent contractor misclassification & joint employment issues. Todd is a partner at Baker & Hostetler in Cleveland, Ohio. Yesterday, he was…
Photo via Good Free Photos For example, consider a lawsuit that the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a few weeks ago. I’ll quote a bit from the press release and be back with you in a second: [A] dental practice headquartered in Harrisburg, Pa., violated federal law when it…
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay More than ever, American workplaces are emphasizing diversity by targeting hires of different races, religions, ethnicities, genders, cultural and educational backgrounds, work experience, etc. This variety promotes different viewpoints, better problem-solving, a just a more dynamic workplace. Generally, this results in businesses attracting better…
By Jfacew at the English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link Let’s say that you learn that one of your employees is testifying as a witness in a discrimination case against another company in your industry. That doesn’t sit right with you. So, you tell this employee that you’ll fire him…
By Henry Mitchell Restoration by Godot13 – Mitchell, Henry (1876) The State Arms of the Union, Boston: L. Prang & Co., Public Domain, Link City and state-mandated paid sick leave is so 2018. In 2019, the State of Maine has decided up the ante by requiring most private employers to…
Image Credit: Photofunia (http://photofunia.com/results/5cf79c07846d78c44a8b4599) Well, this just got interesting. Check out what Pennsylvania Attorney General Joshua Shapiro tweeted the other day: In March, the DOL indicated that it would raise the salary threshold to determine who would be eligible to collect overtime for working more than 40 hours in a…
Image by Ivorytowers from Pixabay Damn, I’m good! Yesterday morning, my post, “Eminem’s take on federal anti-discrimination administrative exhaustion requirements. Probably” went live. Now, scroll down to the “Takeaways For Employers” section. You’ll see some discussion there about how the Supreme Court needed to resolve an open issue in the…
Mika-photography [CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons“Look, if you had one shot, one opportunity, to seize everything you ever wanted – one moment. Would you capture it or just let it slip?“ You sippin’ on some of Snoop Dogg’s Gin and Juice again, Eric? No, just some seltzer. But, it’s…