Jun 6, 2019 | Labor & Employment
The Department of Labor (DOL) last month issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking related to the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). While this notice is simply a proposal and does not necessarily reflect the final version of the rule, the notice...
May 29, 2018 | Labor & Employment
Most supervisors would say that conducting employee performance evaluations is not an area of their job that they look forward to. However, there are many benefits to conducting timely evaluations of employees. Furthermore, evaluations do not have to be time consuming...
Dec 4, 2017 | Labor & Employment
It is not uncommon for employers to require employees to sign agreements that contain non-competition provisions prohibiting employees from engaging in certain activities post-employment. The ability of an employer to enforce such provisions is not entirely clear...
Jun 21, 2017 | Labor & Employment
True or not, a common perception is that our society is one that is becoming less respectful and less courteous. This perception is especially true in the workplace where study after study cites examples of rude behavior in the workplace and the accompanying worker...
Oct 3, 2016 | Labor & Employment
On May 18, 2016, President Obama and the Department of Labor announced the final rule updating the Fair Labor Standards Act’s overtime requirements. The primary change contained in the new regulations is to dramatically increase the salary requirement for the white...