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NJ has a new ‘wage-theft’ law. Here are 10 things that employers must know about it now.
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If you’re old enough, maybe you remember this Miller Lite commercial from the 1970s where Steve “The Miz” Mizerak was just showing off at a billiards table, working up a thirst for his adult beverage of choice: Miller Lite.
Last week, the State of New Jersey passed yet another workplace law. This time, it’s this measure to protect against what’s being dubbed “wage theft.”
I’d say get NJ a glass of something cold, but at the rate at which the Garden State is passing new employment laws, they’d just say, “Hold my drink.” Continue reading
The most fun you can have in a week with wage and hour compliance!!!
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A new bill in Congress would mute the Department of Labor’s proposed overtime rule changes
“Uh, dude. It’s ‘moot,’ not ‘mute.’ You did go to law school, right?” Continue reading
I come bearing HR-compliance gifts for you today
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Two of them, actually. Continue reading
It sure sounds like several state AGs are going to sue to block the DOL’s proposed overtime rules.
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Well, this just got interesting. Continue reading
The largest HR organization in the world ❤’s the DOL’s proposed overtime rules. Mostly.
The Society for Human Resource Management has commented on the United States Department of Labor‘s proposed changes to the current overtime rules.
Spoiler alert: SHRM likes ’em. Continue reading
The Department of Labor trifecta is now complete with new joint-employer rules coming soon
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🚨🚨DOL plans to clarify how companies calculate overtime for employees🚨🚨
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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 birthday gift I gave to myself.
(I turn 43 today.)
But, lesson learned. And even though this never really happened, I feel your pain, friends. I know how difficult it can be to comply with wage and hour laws. Continue reading
BREAKING-ish, sorta, not really. Yeah, you knew this was coming. The DOL officially announces overtime changes.
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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. Continue reading