The Connecticut Supreme Court, in a unanimous decision that will be officially released April 4, 2017, has ruled that employers may not use the “tip credit” for pizza delivery drivers and therefore, the employees must be paid the standard minimum wage.
You can download the decision in Amaral Brothers, Inc. v. Department of Labor here.
I have this running joke with my wife that anytime I’m on vacation, it seems that big employment news breaks.
And this vacation is no exception.
And it’s probably the biggest employment law news this year. Not the best time for me to have to write a blog post on my phone. Ah well. You
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to talk at the Connecticut Legal Conference about employment law issues. My talk focused on free speech rights in the workplace — a topic I’ve covered well in some prior posts here and here, for example.
One of the other topics
Over the weekend, I finished planning for our webinar tomorrow on the new overtime rules. In digging deeper into the materials produced by the Department of Labor on the final rule, I looked at the use of volunteers as a solution — particularly for non-profit organizations.
For the “for-profit” world, this is probably not a
With the new federal overtime rules going into effect later this year, I thought it would be useful to talk about in a free webinar.
And apparently, many of you think it would be useful too because in the 48 hours that we’ve opened up the signups to our webinar, we already have a record-breaking
If you like to open your presents on Christmas Eve, the U.S. Department of Labor is for you. Last night, the DOL posted the final revised rule on overtime on its website ahead of its planned announcement this afternoon.
What a gift for employment lawyers! Needless to say, I was up late unwrapping all my
Late Monday, several reports on Twitter indicated that the Department of Labor would be announcing and releasing the final version of the revisions to the white-collar overtime regulations. You can see my prior posts on the subject here and here.
This has been a long time
Over the last few days, Twitter has been a-twittering with buzz that the Department of Labor has sent the final overtime rules to the OMB.
This is the equivalent of one department sending another one an e-mail with the new rules. Why? Because it’s just
It’s hard getting excited about joint employment.
In fact, it’s pretty yawn-inducing. (Seriously, get a cup of coffee before reading this.)
But a few weeks back, the Department of Labor issued some new guidance on the topic that has been making the rounds
Over the next few days, I hope to provide a few updates from attending last week’s ABA Labor & Employment Law Annual Conference in Philadelphia. There were many good, substantive programs there and lots to be gleaned for employers.
One of the sessions focused