Nov 4, 2016 | Employment Law
As most know by now, earlier this year the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published its final rule updating the regulations governing whether executive, administrative, and professional employees are entitled to overtime under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). ... read more
Oct 1, 2015 | Employment Law
In a recent decision rendered in the context of a Union organizing campaign involving Browning Ferris Industries [i], a divided National Labor Relations Board has adopted a greatly expanded standard for determining who is a “joint employer” under the National Labor... read more
Apr 17, 2014 | Employment Law
March Madness brings competition, surprises, upsets, and the most climactic of all – overtime. Just a week before President Obama made his famous March Madness picks, he issued a memorandum to the Secretary of Labor that could be sending many into overtime.... read more
Jan 3, 2014 | Employment Law
The Supreme Court’s recent pro-employer decisions, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Nassar and Vance v. Ball State University clarified some of the standards for employer liability for workplace retaliation and harassment under Title VII of the Civil... read more
Apr 24, 2013 | Employment Law
By Scott M. Mooney, Esq. In my last column (November, 2012), I reported on the recent efforts by the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and its Acting General Counsel to target employers with overly broad social media policies. As I discussed in that column, the... read more
Apr 24, 2013 | Employment Law
By Jeffrey M. Kowalski, Esq. Robert Collins took leave from his job as a security guard at the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services to mourn his mother’s death. As a condition to reinstatement, the Agency required that he give up his... read more
