Welcome everyone to the Employment Law Blog Carnival. What you’ll find after the jump is the best, recent posts from around the employment-law blogosphere all organized around a common theme. So, yeah, we need a theme. [Lousy blog rules] Two years ago, we spun some tunes with the “Employment Law…
On Election Day, NJ voters approved a constitutional amendment increasing the state’s minimum wage by $1, from $7.25 to $8.25. The new wage rate will take effect on January 1, and future increases will be tied to inflation. Governor Chris Christie, who was re-elected on Tuesday had opposed the increase,…
True story. Back in 1999, when I was in law school in Washington DC, I went with my buddy to see The Matrix at the Uptown Theater in Cleveland Park. At the time, the Uptown was one of the best places around to watch an action flick. And what better…
I remember back in the good old days, when law-firm internships meant private jets, caviar lunches and….toilet paper? As if!. But now, times are tougher. Some firms find themselves forced to forego paying law students in lieu of offering volunteer pro bono opportunities to enable them to receive work experience.…
We’re talking a lot of money honey. [Bravo, Eric. You couldn’t even make it one line without a stupid Gaga pun]. Pun free after the jump… * * * It may not be so glamorous working for Gaga. Stefani Germanotta, better known to you people (I call her Stefani)…
Monday is Labor Day, the day I plan to break the Guinness World Record for twerking and eating BLTs — they call it BLTwerking a tribute to the American Worker. If you give your employees the day off on Labor Day, a national holiday, do you have to pay them?…
It’s that time of year. You’re hiring summer interns and I’m shaving a spoked B into my playoff beard looking for an excuse to recycle my six keys to keeping unpaid internships from becoming a hot wage & hour mess. See what I just did there? Oh, you saw…
Today we have a guest blogger at The Employer Handbook. It’s Jesse Brar. Jesse is a Utah Employment Lawyer at Preston & Brar. (Want to guest blog at The Employer Handbook? Email me). Countless employees work hard on a daily basis in order to earn wages and salaries to support…
On Wednesday, the U.S. House of Representatives voted 223-204 to pass the Working Families Flexibility Act of 2013, which would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to permit employers to provide compensatory time off in lieu of monetary compensation for overtime hours worked. Presently, through the Federal Employees Flexible and…
** drops microphone, walks off stage ** Fine, I’ll play a quick encore. In a case decided yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court in Genesis Healthcare Corp. v. Symczyk (opinion here) held that if a plaintiff who brings a claim under the Fair Labor Standards Act on behalf of herself and…