Do you know? The FLSA’s Computer Employee Exemption
Do you know? One of the FLSA’s lesser-known exemptions is the Computer Employee Exemption. For an employee to qualify for the computer emp...
Layoffs = lawsuits
By Jon Hyman
This headline from the New York Times says it all: “Layoffs Herald a Heyday for Employee Lawsuits.” More workers are being let go as c...
WIRTW #64
By Jon Hyman
It’s been a very busy week. We had the first employment law Supreme Court decision and the first new employment law of the new year. And, ...
Materials from KJK’s Breakfast Briefing are available
By Jon Hyman
Yesterday, blizzard and all, KJK held its inaugural Employment Law Breakfast Briefing. We covered the Top 10 Labor & Employment Issues f...
As promised, President Obama signs Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
By Jon Hyman
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/29/obama.fair.pay/index.html for the details.
6 tips to avoid an employment lawsuit
By Jon Hyman
For the past two days, BLR’s HR Daily Advisor has been looking behind enemy lines and providing tips from a plaintiffs lawyer on mistakes em...
A primer on inclement weather policies
By Jon Hyman
It seems appropriate as today’s snowstorm plays havoc on KJK’s inaugural Breakfast Briefing to spend some time talking about inclement weath...
Note the effective date of the Ledbetter bill
By Jon Hyman
From PointofLaw.com , on the effective date of the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act: SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, and the amendments mad...
Do you know? The FLSA’s exemptions for salespeople
By Jon Hyman
Do you know? The FLSA has two different exemptions that could cover salespeople – the outside sales employee exemption and the commissioned...
Supreme Court rules that retaliation includes participating in internal investigations
By Jon Hyman
In a unanimous 9-0 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court held today that Title VII’s anti-retaliation provision covers employees who answer quest...
Reverse age discrimination should not be a concern in layoffs
By Jon Hyman
Last week, BusinessWeek ran the following headline: Employers Avoid Axing Oldies but Goodies . The crux of the story is that the current wa...
Ledbetter passes Senate – President’s signature is next
By Jon Hyman
It’s looking like the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act will be the first piece of legislation President Obama will sign into law. The Washington...
WIRTW #63
By Jon Hyman
If you check out only one other link this week, click over the Connecticut Employment Law Blog , where Dan Schwartz writes an Inauguration D...
More lessons from children’s lit: Dr. Seuss
By Jon Hyman
As either my wife or I do every night, our daughter was put to bed last night with a book (or four). On the list last night was one of my al...
Unions should not bet on the EFCA as a sure thing
By Jon Hyman
As President Obama was taking the oath of office, inside some office in some executive office building in Washington D.C., someone flipped a...
Reminder: It’s not too late to RSVP for KJK’s Breakfast Briefing
By Jon Hyman
There is still time to RSVP for KJK’s inaugural Employment Law Breakfast Briefing: The Top 10 Labor & Employment Law Issues to Face Your...
Do you know? Ohio’s jury duty rules for employers
By Jon Hyman
Do you know? Ohio has specific rules that govern how employers handle employees who are summoned for jury duty – Ohio Revised Code 2313.18 ....
Drafting an appropriate social networking policy
By Jon Hyman
According to a recent report published by the Pew Internet & American Life Project , the percentage of adults who use social networking ...
WIRTW #62
By Jon Hyman
What are my contemporaries writing about this week? Let’s take a look. George’s Employment Blawg and the National Law Journal both share...
Tomorrow is “FMLA Day.” Is your company ready?
By Jon Hyman
Tomorrow, January 16, is FMLA Day – the day the new FMLA regulations take effect. If a business is covered by the FMLA (it employs 50 or mo...