Stimulus Bill to provide for subsidized COBRA coverage for laid-off employees
COBRA provides workers and their families who lose health benefits the right to choose to continue group health benefits provided by their g...
WIRTW #66
By Jon Hyman
Overlawyered brings us the story of the week. File this one under what goes around comes around. A California attorney settled a consumer c...
Courts open Pandora’s Box in applying the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
By Jon Hyman
Today I am going to get technical and talk about statutory interpretation. Bear with me, though, because how some courts are incorrectly int...
A primer on employee polygraph testing
By Jon Hyman
As I’ve previously reported, as the recession deepens, incidents of employee theft are on the rise . It should go without saying that just a...
Do you know? Unpaid internships
By Jon Hyman
Do you know? There are specific standards that govern whether an unpaid internship passes muster under the Fair Labor Standards Act. If you ...
‘Tis better to have learned and lost
By Jon Hyman
Brown v. Nutrition Management Services Co. , from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, is a good reminder that ignorance of the law is neve...
WIRTW #65
By Jon Hyman
This week’s review starts with a couple of follow ups on early posts. Wage and Hour Counsel reports on an 11th Circuit decision discussing ...