By John E. Thompson The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics has released a report entitled Characteristics of Minimum Wage Workers, 2013 which claims that … Read more
Opposition Is Growing to Unpaid Internships for College Credit
By John E. Thompson We have already reported that a group calling itself the “Fair Pay Campaign” aims to pressure colleges and universities not … Read more
2014 Federal Labor Law Changes: What Happened and What’s Next
By Ashley Kaplan We’re only a few months into 2014 and we’re already seeing a swell of labor law activity. What are the most significant developments this … Read more
Curtailing “White Collar” Overtime Exemptions Will Take a Lot of Work
By John E. Thompson President Obama has instructed the U.S. Department of Labor to revise the federal Fair Labor Standards Act‘s so-called … Read more
Obama’s Overtime Proposal: Don’t Expect Any Swift Change
Editor’s note: Weekly Wrap is taking the week off. It will return next Friday. By Eric B. Meyer So, by now you’ve likely read the news, first … Read more
President Obama Proposing Big Expansion of Overtime Rules
In what could be BIG news for employers, President Obama is directing the U.S. Department of Labor to issue proposed regulations that would expand the … Read more
Supreme Court to Decide If Employees Should be Paid for Security Checks
A case that has the potential to cost staffing companies — and, in turn, their clients — hundreds of millions of dollars is headed to the U.S. Supreme … Read more
The Heat Is Getting Turned Up on Academic-Sponsored Internships
By John E. Thompson We have long warned that one should not simply assume that an internship associated with or sponsored by an educational institution … Read more
Yes, Employers Can’t Require a Note for Each Intermittent FMLA Absence
By Eric B. Meyer Those four-letter federal employment statutes — FMLA and FLSA — can be a real pain in the rear, am I right? Today’s … Read more
The President’s Minimum Wage Decision: What Does it Really Mean?
By. John E. Thompson Considerable concern and confusion has arisen from President Obama’s State of the Union announcement that he will raise the … Read more