Jul 5, 2023 | Employment Law
You likely know the story by now. What started as an intrepid expedition to take a close-up look at the wreck of the Titanic using an experimental submersible vehicle named Titan to descend 12,500 feet below the surface of the north Atlantic Ocean, ended with the...
Jun 27, 2023 | Employment Law
In a shot across the bow to U.S. businesses, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel (GC) Jennifer Abruzzo recently issued a memo to all NLRB Regional Directors, Officers-in-Charge, and Resident officers making clear her view that “the proffer,...
Jun 26, 2023 | Employment Law
In a prior post, I discussed the five “white-collar” exemptions to the Fair Labor Standards Act’s (“FLSA”) minimum wage and overtime pay requirements. This post addresses the consequences of improperly classifying employees as exempt, identifies common...
Jun 21, 2023 | Employment Law
In The Atlanta Opera, 372 NLRB 95 (2023), a decision that may have particular significance for gig-economy businesses relying extensively on independent contractors, such as DoorDash and Lyft, the National Labor Relations Board (Board) got rid of its Trump-era...
Jun 14, 2023 | Employment Law
The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”), which applies to nearly all private-sector employers in the United States, establishes an important distinction between (1) non-exempt (a.k.a. hourly) workers, who are subject to the FLSA’s minimum wage and overtime...
Jun 1, 2023 | Employment Law
The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) has been around for about 30 years. It is straightforward in its purpose: to provide eligible employees with unpaid leave to bond with a newborn, newly adopted, or newly placed child, care for a seriously ill child, spouse, or...
