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The Employer Handbook BlogA 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
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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
New overtime rules are coming (yes, really this time!). Here are eight things employers need to know to prepare.
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Remember that f**king fire drill?
Back in 2016, the United States Department of Labor proposed a rule that would have made millions of workers eligible to earn overtime for the first time by raising the salary-level that exempts certain individuals from overtime eligibility under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
And employers panicked. Many businesses converted salaried employees to hourly. Others got raises. Some received both. It was a mess. The only happy people were the employment lawyers.
But, then a federal judge in Texas entered a nationwide injunction against the proposed DOL rule, and everything went away, except those raises and pay changes that you could exactly stuff back into the tube of toothpaste.
Welcome to Round Two
It’s official! NJ is moving to $15/hr minimum wage.
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Remember when I told you that New Jersey was this close to upping the minimum wage to $15/hr?
“Hold our drink, feds.” New Jersey strikes deal for $15 minimum wage
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On Wednesday, I blogged about how Democrats in the U.S. Senate were introducing a new bill to raise the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $15 per hour.
Yesterday, the State of New Jersey completed a roadmap to a $15/hr minimum wage in the Garden State. Continue reading