By U.S. Department of Labor – Converted from EPS version available here; there are EPS and PDF versions, Public Domain, Link Welcome to both of you. Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, an employer must pay non-exempt employees minimum wage and overtime for hours worked over 40 in a workweek.…
By National Labor Relations Board – http://www.nlrb.gov/shared_files/Press%20Announcements/2010/A-08.pdf, Public Domain, Link Just because you say that an employee is an independent contractor doesn’t make it so. Many companies have found that out the hard way when the U.S. Department of Labor comes knocking for a wage and hour audit. But, could…
Image by CMElixirs from Pixabay If you’ve got workplace drug testing for marijuana all figured out, you can skip today’s post. As for the rest of you… There is a new article from Tammy Lytle in the Fall 2019 Issue of HR Magazine called “Marijuana and the Workplace: It’s Complicated.”…
Yesterday, in this blog post, I asked you to take this quiz. That’s the one where you were shown 11 common social media policies and had to decide which ones the National Labor Relations Board’s Office of General Counsel would conclude were lawful. So, how did you do? You did…
Image Credit: Photofunia.com (https://photofunia.com/results/5d62b23b089f7a97908b45c1) All right, Einstein. Let’s test your social media policy savvy. Earlier this month, the National Labor Relations Board’s Office of General Counsel issued an advice memorandum addressing your favorite topic: intermittent FMLA leave administration social media policies. (Editor’s Note: I’m pretty sure that social media policies…
Image Credit: Carly Meyer Hold on a sec. Let me finish gnawing on that T-Bone from last Wednesday’s dinner at STK in Disney Springs. Ok, done. Vacation over. Time to start blogging again. Let’s see. What do we have today? What not to do after you settle a discrimination claim…
By Ivan Curra, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link (Not pictured: Eric Meyer; probably off grabbing a Dole Whip (adult version) and a turkey leg). Folks, the blog posts may not be as fast and furious (i.e., daily) as usual this week. That’s because, yes, I am vacationing with the family in…
By Ivan Curra, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link (Not pictured: Eric Meyer; probably off grabbing a Dole Whip (adult version) and a turkey leg). Folks, the blog posts may not be as fast and furious (i.e., daily) as usual this week. That’s because, yes, I am vacationing with the family in…
By Ivan Curra, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link (Not pictured: Eric Meyer; probably off grabbing a Dole Whip (adult version) and a turkey leg). Folks, the blog posts may not be as fast and furious (i.e., daily) as usual this week. That’s because, yes, I am vacationing with the family in…
By Ivan Curra, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link (Not pictured: Eric Meyer; probably off grabbing a Dole Whip (adult version) and a turkey leg). Folks, the blog posts may not be as fast and furious (i.e., daily) as usual this week. That’s because, yes, I am vacationing with the family in…