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…
LeBron James has four National Basketball Association Most Valuable Player Awards. And, until yesterday, Bron-Bron and I were tied. That is, his four NBA something-or-others equaled my four ABA Journal Blawg 100 Awards. We’d made a date to break the tie over a game of HORSE…shoes, and then, BOO-YAH! I’m…
Yesterday, I read this story from David Moye on Huffington Post about a young Jewish girl’s birthday party at which the guests — friends of the birthday girl — were allowed to frost cupcakes. Well, it seems that two of the party guests decided that it would be funny to…
Like one-man bands. Or, retaliation lawsuits, for example. Ms. Nuness is our plaintiff in this case. Ms. Nuness alleges that she is a female African-American who worked for her former employer for about 14 months. During her employment, the plaintiff worked alongside a male Caucasian co-worker who had been counseled, from…
The good news for this employee is that her viral Facebook post earned her an award. The bad news is that the “award” was “Racist of the Week.” The ugly news — well, other than the post itself — was that the employee lost her job and likely impaired her ability to…
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…
A photo posted by Eric B. Meyer (@eric_b_meyer) on Nov 20, 2016 at 1:31pm PST Sorry about missing yesterday. I was recovering from a nose bleed and some hurt feelings. I have freebie for you today to make up for it. Then again, every day is a freebie. Three resources…
Are you guys old enough to remember that old NFL Films Dial ‘M’ For Moron bit? What can I say? I’m a sucker for the classics. Well, it’s all I could think of after reading this EEOC press release, highlighting a recent race discrimination and retaliation action against a car dealership because…
April 25, 2016 – November 16, 2016 So, go ahead. Hire a lawyer to help your workplace remain union free. That’s nobody else’s damn business! More here…