The treasure being compliance. So, not exactly riches; somewhat less exciting than Indiana Jones discovering the lost ark. Except, this treasure won’t melt your face off. And you’ll be adorned in HR-compliance. You can’t really place a value on that now, can you? So, lucky you! The U.S. Department of Labor,…
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This sad, sobering video is a reminder that your company still employs knuckledraggers #MoreThanMean
Most of you have either seen or heard about Mean Tweets from Jimmy Kimmel Live! That’s the segment where celebrities stand in front of the camera with smartphone in hand awkwardly reading the snippets of vitriol that Twitters users can spew about them in 140 characters or less. The celebrities have a…
Non-competition agreements are the Butter Brickle of employment law.
Non-competition agreements haven’t gotten much play on this blog. It’s like going into an ice cream shop and ordering Butter Brickle. Meh. Yet, there it is: Butter Brickle, right between classics like Vanilla and Chocolate and those newer flavors, Tahitian Vanilla and Chocolate Dreamsicle. As a mainstay, every once and…
It’s hard to believe what may pass for age discrimination these days.
Hi there. Did you have a nice weekend? Overall, I did too. However, Saturday was rough. How rough? On a scale of 1-10, it was Chuck E. Cheese. Sunday improved. Mildly. But, now I’m in a coffee shop, sans kids, sans ball pits, costumed rats, and shopping carts. Instead, I’m nicely…
The one they called “Grumpy Old Bastard” lost his age discrimination case.
Only law blog with this pic. Fo Shizzle. If only someone would’ve created a Grumpy Old Men / Wu-Tang Clan mashup. ODB passing the verse to Walter Matthau… Oh well, you’re stuck with me blogging about an age discrimination case from the Northern District of Indiana. At least I’m off of the…
Big Business tries to slow DOL’s roll on it’s new overtime rules. Don’t hold your breath…
Rather than jump from my wage and hour soapbox — the hella-best soapbox in town — I’m going to step down slowly. For you, my HR brothers and sisters, I need to testify a bit longer. Welcome to the Church of Wage and Hour. About a month ago, I predicted (here) that…
If this FLSA mess doesn’t have you calling your employment lawyer, not sure what will.
The U.S. Department of Labor announced on Monday that “a human resources outsource provider will pay $1 million in back overtime wages and damages combined to hundreds of employees after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation that found widespread Fair Labor Standards Act violations.” So what did a human resources provider…
A pay raise is not discriminatory and eye rolls don’t create a hostile work environment, mmkay?
Reading yesterday’s post about religious accommodations and Flying Spaghetti Monsters may have had you rolling your eyes like — who is that old guy? Tony Danza? Just kidding, I know my 80s TV. It’s Corbin Bernsen. Keeping with the topics of accommodations and eye rolling, I recently read this opinion about an…
You guys don’t have to let employees pray to a Flying Spaghetti Monster. Probably.
Even a true “Pastafarian.” Most employment lawyers — especially us blogger types — are Godlike creatures never at a loss for a good war story. Like that time I sat through the deposition of a construction site employee who testified about how the walls of the control room were covered ceiling-to-floor with…
Only an FMLA nerd would like this post
Hey there, dateless and lonely. Are you a wait-in-line-after-a-SHRM-event-so-you-can-ask-the-speaker-your-random-FMLA-question-“for a friend”-fanboy/fangirl? Then, step right up and head on over to Thompson’s HR Compliance Expert for the latest edition of “Opposing Counsel,” where employee-rights attorney, Donna Ballman, and I spike your HR-compliance dork punch with a splash of FMLA. Actually, it’s a double…