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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Understanding the 'duties test' of the FLSA's administrative exemption

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Your employees probably aren't as important as they think they are. That's not mean. It's just the Fair Labor Standards Act talk...

Salaried doesn't always equal exempt

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Just because an employee is paid a salary does not mean they are exempt from overtime. I came across this question on Reddit: "I work ...
Thursday, October 30, 2025

11 best practices to prevent off-the-clock wage claims

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Target recently agreed to pay $4.6 million to settle a class action by warehouse employees claiming they weren't paid for all their work...
Wednesday, October 29, 2025

3.65 million reminders that "do nothing" is the costliest workplace compliance strategy of all.

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A federal-court jury just hit a pair of New York hotels (and their owners) with a $1.65 million compensatory and $2 million punitive damages...
Monday, October 27, 2025

This is why DEI gets demonized

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Wells Fargo is reportedly settling a class-action lawsuit alleging it held phony job interviews to make its diversity, equity, and inclusio...
Friday, October 24, 2025

WIRTW #778: the 'a$$hole' edition

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On this week's episode of The Norah and Dad Show, Norah and I play a few rounds of "Am I the A--hole" — inspired by my purge o...
Thursday, October 23, 2025

Correcting the press: unpaid leave after the FMLA expires

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Let's play one of my favorite games: correct the press. The Issue: unpaid leave as a reasonable accommodation under the ADA. Cliff Kapla...