Most all of the news reporting on the new exempt salary floor taking effect on December 1 has focused on the financials. The new floor will be $47,476. The Department of Labor estimates that 4.2 million more workers will be eligible for overtime pay triggering...
We have all heard this one before in a break room, outside in a parking lot, at a bar after work: Employee A laments “My boss has really been on my back. She’s blamed me for things that went wrong that really were not my fault. I’m pretty sure...
Here’s a quick quiz for HR professionals: Company A solely defines all terms and conditions of employment for all of its associates. It further solely determines the price of all of its products and determines its hours of operation. Finally, it is solely...
Not sure what to make of the Hobby Lobby Case? Join the crowd. We have been inundated in the past weeks with interpretations of the decision. Here are just a few: Nancy Pelosi – “…five men could get down to specifics of whether a woman should use a...
“No One Should Have to Choose Between Caregiving and Work” is the title of an article by Jody Gastfriend, VP of Senior Care Services at Care.com, that appears in this week’s Harvard Business Review Blog. She makes a poignant and passionate argument for greater...