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Wacky interview questions have nothing to do with DOL overtime rules

Anyone else need a day off from being bombarded with lawyers talking about the Department of Labor’s new overtime rules? I feel ya! We’ll take it light today. Recently, the folks at Glassdoor compiled its annual list of the Top 10 Oddball Interview Questions. Actually, it’s a top 10 for 6 different countries (60…

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The new DOL overtime rules are here. You’ve got HR questions? I have answers!

Last night, the U.S. Department of Labor published its final rule updating the Fair Labor Standards Act overtime regulations. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, if you dabble in human resources, you’ve heard a thing or two about these changes, which the White House has touted as automatically extending overtime pay…

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9 things HR needs to know about the EEOC’s new rules on employer wellness programs

Yesterday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced here that it had issued issued final rules on how the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act apply to employer-sponsored wellness programs. So, what do y’all need to know about the EEOC’s new rules on employer wellness programs? (No one ever…

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President Obama signs bipartisan bill protecting trade secrets under federal law

I’m mailing this one in, folks. I mean, did the two of you who actually clicked on today’s post read the title first?!? (I practically fell asleep at “bipartisan”) And, if you need to catch up on your zzzz’s, you can read a copy of “Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016”…

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Caught on tape! EEOC nails a whiskey bar for pregnancy discrimination.

How did one employer not only violate the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, but also get called out by a federal judge for its “deplorable” conduct? Actually, before we do that, let’s quickly flashback to Monday’s post. That’s weird. Why didn’t Eric hyperlink “Monday’s post?” Well, I messed up and didn’t have…

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Did this employer really sic attack dogs on a woman who complained about gender discrimination?

Now, that would be some serious retaliation! Where do I find these cases? The Illuminati I have my sources. In Elmore v. WMATA (opinion here), the plaintiff, a K-9 police officer, injured her neck and back after a bunch of dog attacks. She claimed that the WMATA refused to call off…

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Survey shows working sole-breadwinner moms are far more likely to earn less than dads

Yesterday, I blogged here about New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s conditional veto of a bill which was intended to level the wage gap between men and women performing substantially similar jobs in the Garden State. Serendipity. Last night, I came across this survey from CareerBuilder, which examined the pay disparity…