Wage and Hour

Another appellate court dropkicks the DOL’s unpaid-internship test

September 15, 2015 | by Eric B. Meyer

“So, dynamic, Eric. Is there anything you can’t do?”

Oh, hey there. Didn’t see you come in. You probably didn’t come here to read about Law360 naming me one of the 20 attorneys who are killing it on Twitter. (You can follow me here).

No, you’re looking for some Fair Labor Standards Act goodies. Well, I’ve been known to “prolifically tweet[] about news and issues affecting labor and employment, from links to interesting articles to posting [my] personal take on developing stories.” In case you didn’t know. But, enough about my Twitter crown. Let’s keep it here at the award-winning The Employer Handbook, and talk about internships.

GUEST POST: The pesky FLSA implications of the Papal visit.

September 11, 2015 | by Eric B. Meyer

Friends, it’s been a long week. ~~No it hasn’t. It was a short 4-day workweek, on 2 of which I came to work in pajamas.~~ So, I’m handing the keys to The Employer Handbook to a guest blogger. It’s my buddy, Behnam Salehi. Behnam is an Associate Attorney at Freeman Mathis & Gary, LLP. If you want to give Behnam a shout, maybe ride shotgun in my Ferrari before he returns it washed and waxed, you can email him. And if you want to guest blog on an employment-law topic at The Employer Handbook, email me.

Must you pay employees who “volunteer” to use social media for the company?

September 1, 2015 | by Eric B. Meyer

I think I finally figured out how to monetize this stupid blog. 😉

How do you make a wage-and-hour lawsuit go away?

August 12, 2015 | by Eric B. Meyer

Nope. Try again.

Survey shows that the new proposed #overtime rules may be like whoa!

July 30, 2015 | by Eric B. Meyer

You know those proposed overtime rules from the Department of Labor. The ones where the salary-level for the white collar exemption will jump from $23,660 per year to over $50,ooo in 2016. Well, check this out. Continue reading

Third Circuit Employment Law 101: Independent Contractor or Employee

July 23, 2015 | by Eric B. Meyer

Back when I first started this blog, when I believed that my blogging success would translate into Aston Martins and beach homes, rather than “Can you please email me a copy of your FMLA PowerPoint?”, I had a series of “Third Circuit Employment Law 101” posts. Well, I don’t think I’ve done a “101” post for nearly 5 years. Time to break that streak.

Oh, hold on a sec, I need to respond to another PowerPoint-request email…

6 tell-tale signs, according to the DOL, that your workplace is a hot wage-and-hour mess.

July 16, 2015 | by Eric B. Meyer

In my younger days, I had a summer job in college where I clocked in at 9 and left at 5. They gave me a desk, a computer, training, a supervisor, job instruction, and a not-so-fatty paycheck. But, at least, nothing got withheld from my paycheck.

They called me an independent contractor and gave me a 1099.

Yeah, about that… Continue reading

Will the new #overtime rules be good or bad? Here’s how to be heard.

July 14, 2015 | by Eric B. Meyer

A lot has been written over the past week few weeks since the Department of Labor announced its proposed change to the overtime rules — most of which has fewer typos and less snark than my drivel.
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If you thought you knew when to pay (or not pay) an intern, think again.

July 6, 2015 | by Eric B. Meyer

A federal appellate court just blew up the U.S. Department of Labor’s spot. Allow me to explain in slightly less colloquial fashion.

Five ways for proactive employers to prepare now for the new OT rules

July 1, 2015 | by Eric B. Meyer

Hey lawyer! Drop the selfie stick and slowly back away…

Somewhere between the time that I took this selfie at the start of my FMLA/ADA session at the 2015 SHRM Annual Conference, and a few minutes later when the laptop with my PPT lost power (so, right when my ~~bowels gave out~~ heart sank and I openly wept), the US Department of Labor decided it was time to propose some new overtime rules.

What can I say? The gods of good timing really pissed in my Cheerios yesterday.

(Special shout-out to the SHRM IT support team that had me up and running again with a minute, and to the awesome SHRM audience that never lost faith in the kid).

Here’s a brief recap of the proposed OT rule change: Continue reading