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Anyone else need a day off from being bombarded with lawyers talking about the Department of Labor’s new overtime rules?
I feel ya!
The new DOL overtime rules are here. You’ve got HR questions? I have answers!
Last night, the U.S. Department of Labor published its final rule updating the Fair Labor Standards Act overtime regulations. Unless you’ve been living under a rock, if you dabble in human resources, you’ve heard a thing or two about these changes, which the White House has touted as automatically extending overtime pay protections to over 4 million workers within the first year.
What are the changes and how will they impact your workplace?
9 things HR needs to know about the EEOC’s new rules on employer wellness programs
Yesterday, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced here that it had issued issued final rules on how the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act apply to employer-sponsored wellness programs.
So, what do y’all need to know about the EEOC’s new rules on employer wellness programs?
(No one ever accused me of burying the lede)
“Too cute” yoga instructor loses her sex bias claim against her Playboy Playmate boss
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The case is called Dilek Edwards v. Charles V. Nicolai and Stephanie Adams.
I’ll wait patiently while you take some time to Google the names.
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Are coming to the office and going to court ADA essential job functions of a litigator?
Are my days of free WiFi and creating deposition outlines from the McDonald’s Playplace ball pit, while munching on a McRib — ok, I two-fist McRibs — over?
If so, I’m moving to Canada.
President Obama signs bipartisan bill protecting trade secrets under federal law
I’m mailing this one in, folks. I mean, did the two of you who actually clicked on today’s post read the title first?!? (I practically fell asleep at “bipartisan”)
And, if you need to catch up on your zzzz’s, you can read a copy of “Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016” here. The workplace implications are simple: Companies can now sue employees in state or (for the first time) federal court for trade secret misappropriation.
Now, to actually make this post worth your while, I’m going to remind you that there’s still time to enter my contest. One lucky reader will get my official copy of O’Connor’s Federal Employment Codes Plus 2015-2016 edition. And I will inscribe a personalized message in said book. In blue highlighter.
Caught on tape! EEOC nails a whiskey bar for pregnancy discrimination.
How did one employer not only violate the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, but also get called out by a federal judge for its “deplorable” conduct?
A new EEOC resource is the peanut butter to your Americans with Disabilities Act jelly
That sounded really good in my head. Mmmm…sandwich.
Survey shows working sole-breadwinner moms are far more likely to earn less than dads
Yesterday, I blogged here about New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s conditional veto of a bill which was intended to level the wage gap between men and women performing substantially similar jobs in the Garden State.
Serendipity.
Last night, I came across this survey from CareerBuilder, which examined the pay disparity between male and female sole breadwinners.