When is December 1 not December 1? When two lawsuits challenge the new overtime rules.
On December 1, the Department of Labor’s new salary test for exempt employees is set to take effect, raising the salary level to qualify f...
Regulating social media at work is a Sisyphean task
By Jon Hyman
According to Ajilon (as reported by BenefitsPro ), American employees spend 140 per year (or an average of 33 minutes per day) on Face...
11th circuit decision on dreadlocks and race asks big questions on the meaning of discrimination
By Jon Hyman
In EEOC v. Catastrophe Management Solutions [pdf] , the EEOC asked the 11th Circuit to determine whether banning an African-American empl...
WIRTW #430 (the “third man” edition)
By Jon Hyman
I have officially dubbed September Jack White Month in the Hyman house. I’ve never hid my love of all things Jack White . So, when the sam...
The NLRB is now basically creating unfair labor practices out of thin air
By Jon Hyman
Image via forbes.com Those that have been readers for awhile know of my dislike of the NLRB’s expansion of its doctrine of protected con...