Has the world gone crazy?A. No.B. Yes.C. The word “crazy” is a microaggression.ANSWER: B.See how you do with these guaranteed true news items from the last week, all relating to employment law. Then tell me whether you agree that we are living in some crazy times....
Today, a joke. “How is the National Labor Relations Board like the weather?” “I don’t know, Jon, how?” “If you don’t like either, just wait and they’ll change.” [groan] Not my best material, I know. But, it does illustrate an important point,...
All the single ladies . . . all the single ladies . . . Now put your hands up, oh, oh, oh . . . Imagine marketing director, Michelle, jamming to this Beyonce song in the middle of AT&T Stadium in Dallas. On that very day, however, she’s supposed to be...
On Saturday, August 12, as the nation watched, protests in Charlottesville, Virginia regarding the anticipated removal of a statue of Confederate general Robert E. Lee turned deadly. In the days and weeks after, both the small city and the country wrestled to make...
Q. Our organization has a policy of paying employees who perform certain kinds of work outside of regular business hours at 1-1/2 times their regular hourly rates. Do we have to pay additional overtime pay for these hours?A. Maybe. The Fair Labor Standards Act...
