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As a social-media-nerd employment lawyer, this one has me shakin’ my head.
In Pennsylvania, the Rules of Professional Conduct require that an attorney must stay abreast of changes in changes in the law, including the benefits of advances in technology.
LinkedIn was founded over 10 years ago. If you’re reading this and you are not familiar with LinkedIn …
I mean, geez. For a litigator, it’s absolutely essential. And I’m not even talking about having a LinkedIn profile.
Are paralegals entitled to overtime under the FLSA? Probably.
Last Friday, I had the honor and privilege of presenting at the Philadelphia Association of Paralegals’ Education Conference. The class was essentially a primer on the basics of employment law, during which I emphasized both the types of claims on which paralegals may assist clients, and the employment-law issues that the audience may encounter for themselvesat work.
We explored discrimination, disability accommodations, family and medical leave. And then we got to the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Another appellate court dropkicks the DOL’s unpaid-internship test
“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.
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.
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Survey shows that the new proposed #overtime rules may be like whoa!
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
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.
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