In 2005, Monika Starke filed a charge of discrimination with the EEOC alleging that her employer, CRST Van Expedited, Inc., subjected her to sexual harassment. The EEOC expanded that initial charge into a federal-court lawsuit over whether CRST engaged in sexual...
On January 13, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its long-awaited final rule regarding joint-employer status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The final rule is scheduled to be published in the Federal Register on January 16, 2020, and will...
“Let’s turn over — a new leaf.” “And, baby, let’s make promises — that we can keep. We’ll call it a New Year’s resolution…” Now that the New Year’s celebrations are over, it’s time to start...
Getting the new year off to a quick start, the United States Department of Labor issued three Opinion Letters on January 7, 2020. These letters concern the salary basis test and overtime calculations under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), and government agency...
Did I do that? Happy new year, everybody! Greg Giangrande of the New York Post’s @Work column answered a letter this week from a guy whose behavior at his workplace holiday party was “a blur.” That can’t be good. Ever since the party, his...
