Fort Irwin “Role Players” Filed Suit
The Desert Dispatch reported the following: Posted Jan. 3, 2016 at 11:14 AM LOS ANGELES — Role players of Middle Eastern ancestry who worked inside fabricated villages located at Continue Reading
EEOC Mediation a Good Idea?
Is EEOC Mediation a Good Idea? EEOC mediation is a good idea. 70% of cases that go to EEOC Mediation settle, usually within 100 days of filing charges. EEOC investigations are taking Continue Reading
Home health and personal care aids
Its been a little less than a months since home health and personal care aids were classified as non-exempt from the overtime laws of the FLSA. This change effected nearly Continue Reading
Do you get paid for texts and calls after hours?
Does your boss or co-worker call or email you after hours? Are you paid overtime for this time? If you are an hourly employee you should be paid overtime for Continue Reading
Have you been offered EEOC mediation?
If so, you should agree to go and get a lawyer to go with you. Mediation offered by the EEOC is very successful.70% of cases that go to EEOC Mediation Continue Reading
Are you an independent contractor? Maybe not.
The Department of Labor (DOL) has recently clarified the issue and stated that most workers really aren’t independent contractors. On July 15, 2015 it issued Administrator’s Interpretation No. 2015-1. In it Continue Reading
Overtime case settles for $7,500,000
Ecolab has agreed to settle a class-action claim for overtime violations for its bug-sprayer technicians. The class consists of 580 employers or former employees. Federal Judge, James Donato, has preliminary approved Continue Reading
Should you get paid overtime for after-hours texts and emails?
Do you get emails, calls or text from your boss or co-workers after-hours? Do you get paid overtime for reading and responding? If you are an hourly, non-exempt employee you Continue Reading
New overtime laws will help many
The current overtime law called the FLSA or Fair Labor Standards Act currently only covers 8% of workers in the U.S. In 1975 the FLSA covered 60% of workers in Continue Reading
What You Need to Know About Genetic Information Discrimination
Most people have heard of discrimination based on race, sex, age, and disability. However, you may not have ever heard of genetic information discrimination unless you have been a victim Continue Reading