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The U.S. Department of Labor could have rested on its overtime-rule laurels in 2020. Instead, the DOL has wasted little time releasing three new opinion letters in 2020. I’ll break them down for you below.
Because I’m a lawyer, I’ll say it depends. Except, I won’t charge you 0.1 hours of my time to say it. Continue reading
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Last Summer, the National Labor Relations Board asked the public to help it decide when employees should be allowed to make racist or sexist comments at work.
I would have assumed that the answer is, you know, “never.” But, then again, I don’t make the rules. Continue reading
“Pardon me. But would you happen to have any Grey Poupon?”
“But, of course.” Continue reading
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Happy New Year, everyone. Or, as we employment law nerds say, ‘Day 2’ of the new overtime rule today.
(Actually, no one says that except for this nerd.)
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2019 was a busy year for HR compliance. That’s a true statement even if we forget about all that went down in New Jersey. Continue reading
Practicing employment law in the State of New Jersey is both a blessing and a curse. I’ll clarify that. It’s great for me because New Jersey passes new employment laws faster than Joey Chestnut eats Nathan’s Hot Dogs on the Fourth of July. So, rather than put off installing the 24-carat gold retractable Bloggerdome roof until the Fall, we’re moving up construction to the Spring.
It’s not so good for you — and by ‘you,’ I mean those of you that don’t employ anyone in the Garden State — because I keep blogging about these new laws.
And today is no different. Continue reading
John McClain’s classic line from another classic Christmas movie, Die Hard 2, was the first thing that came to my mind after a story I read last week. Continue reading
Water is wet. Grass is green. And, yes, New Jersey remains the employee-rights capital of the East. Continue reading
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