I’m late / I’m late / For a very important date. / No time to say “Hello, Goodbye”. / I’m late, I’m late, I’m late. — White Rabbit, from “Alice in Wonderland” (1951)
Let’s start with the premise, as the Second Circuit does, that “In many, if not most, employment contexts, a timely arrival
From time to time, there are various questions that keep recurring in the labor & employment law area. One of them is in the area of travel time for non-exempt employees.
(For exempt employees, they get paid a fixed salary no matter how much time they work or travel.)
What if
In prior posts, I’ve talked about the fluctuating work week and how it can be a useful tool for employers in limited circumstances.
Yesterday, a federal court in Connecticut had a very interesting ruling that addressed whether an employer — when faced with a suit for
I’ve been meaning to write a post about work songs since I started this blog. (In fact, back in 2008, I noted that I would write about it in an upcoming post. Three years later…)
But it never felt important enough. Too frivolous. Just a simple post about songs.
I was thinking about that again tonight when I heard of Steve Jobs death. So sad. Such a loss to society. He was serious but didn’t take himself too seriously. And he also had some wonderful visions.
He once said that: “Simple can be harder than complex: You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains.”
And so, I come back to the post that I have really just wanted to write and have fun with. What are the top “work” songs? Rather than wait another three years to do a blog post on this, now seems appropriate. “The problem is I’m older now, I’m 40 years old, and this stuff doesn’t change the world. It really doesn’t,” Jobs once said.Continue Reading What Are My Favorite “Work” Songs On My iPod? Steve Jobs Knows.
We had a great turnout and reaction to the presentation yesterday at the CBIA Human Resources Conference in Rocky Hill. My thanks to all who sat in our packed room and the great questions that everyone asked.
A few observations from the conference:
UPDATED 6/16/09
While all eyes are on the Ricci v. DeStefano case now pending at the U.S. Supreme Court, another high-profile case from Connecticut may end up making its way to the court docket later this summer.
The case is Church Homes (d/b/a Avery Heights) v. NLRB and dates all the way back to 1999
I love my Blackberry Bold. And I know many others that praise the virtues of an iPhone or other PDA device.
But recently
, questions have been raised about the use of these devices by non-exempt employees — in other words, those employees who are eligible to receive overtime. If these employees are reviewing their messages
Earlier this week, I discussed the state’s telecommuting practices amid requests from some politicians to expand the state’s telecommuting programs. In perhaps a slow week for news, the Hartford Courant has continued to followup on its articles and expanded its coverage into discussing the possibility of four-day work weeks — something Utah is implementing.
With one month to go in the shortened legislative session, there hasn’t been a lot of action on various labor & employment bills. Many of the bills I highlighted in the last two months haven’t seen a lot of action or are still awaiting further votes. This post will briefly summarize where some of the
The Second Circuit released an important decision today that sets forth some new groundrules for employers and particularly placement agencies to be aware of in paying employees overtime. In doing so, the court has distinguished the long-standing Supreme Court case of Tennessee Coal Co. v. Muscoda Local No. 123 (321 U.S. 590) (1944) and, according to the Court’s