This episode outlines the key components of the U.S. Department of Labor's new proposed overtime rule. Also, antitrust attorney David Reichenberg joins to discuss the antitrust issues that cannot be ignored when looking at your non-compete agreements.
Download Podcast »III-41- Things That Make You Go "Hmmm" in Employment Law
This episode looks at recent employment law developments that may make you go "hmmm": a 4-day workweek, outright bans on mandatory arbitration and office gossip, hairstyle as a protected characteristic, and an update on the new overtime rules.
Download Podcast »III-40 - Valentine's Day Episode on Love Contracts
This special Valentine's Day episode discusses the pros and cons of employers entering into love contracts with its employees.
Download Podcast »III-39 - 2nd Anniversary Special Episode
For our special 2nd anniversary episode, we bring back our inaugural guest, Howard Schweitzer, to talk about the current state of politics and the impact on employers. We also discuss how the EEOC has chosen to answer employers' questions about the impact of the recent government shutdown on pending cases.
Download Podcast »III-38- Part 2 on Employee Marijuana Use and Two Key NLRB Developments
This episode presents Part 2 of 2 on workplace issues when employees use marijuana, and also discusses two significant developments from the NLRB involving independent contractors and individual employee gripes.
Download Podcast »III-37- Ghosting, Annoying E-Mails, Top 5 New Cases, Top 10 New 2019 Trends
Welcome back! In this first new episode of 2019, we talk about ghosting, the most hated and irritating workplace e-mails, our Top 5 noteworthy cases you missed at the end of the year, and our Top 10 employer trends and challenges for 2019.
Download Podcast »II-36- Holiday Party Tips, the 2018/2019 Federal Regulatory Agenda, and Noteworthy Cases On Suing and Being Sued
This episode offers a Top 10 list of thoughts to minimize problems at your company's upcoming holiday party, discusses what's in the recently-published 2018/2019 federal regulatory agenda, and highlights two noteworthy cases on employers suing (for negative online reviews) and being sued (by an employee who signed a release).
Download Podcast »II-35- The New Sexual Harassment Training/Policy Requirements in New York State and New York City
This special episode discusses the new sexual harassment training and policy requirements imposed by New York State and New York City (following a brief discussion of a significant development on joint employer liability).
Download Podcast »II-34- Ten Things You Missed From Summer 2018
We're back! This brand new episode addresses the 10 developments you may have missed from this past summer of 2018, including employees secretly recording the workplace, new non-compete legislation, the unstoppable #MeToo movement, new FMLA forms, new FLSA opinions, and telling your employees what they can't eat.
Download Podcast »II-33- Hot Summer Trends: The Supreme Court on Class Action Waivers, and the Rise of Web Site Accessibility Lawsuits
As Memorial Day approaches to usher in the unofficial start of the hot summer season, today's new episode analyzes two red-hot issues: This week's Supreme Court decision on class action waivers, and the staggering rise of web site accessibility lawsuits. Joining me for the latter issue is Scott Trachtenberg, the founder and CEO of a company called ADA Site Compliance, to help break down what web site accessibility means and what your company should be doing about it.
Download Podcast »Part 1 of 2: The Impact of Marijuana for Employers
This episode begins a two-part bonus series looking at the impact of recent marijuana regulation on employers. Today's part one episode features a roundtable discussion on the policies and politics of cannibis.
Download Podcast »II-31- The Changing 9 to 5 From 1980 to Today
This episode flashes back to 1980's 9 to 5 workplace, and then goes back to the future to compare today's workplace of emoji harassment, a new game-changing overtime exemption rule, the 1st ever employer antitrust complaint (from the government), cybersecurity laws, and training managers to manage.
Download Podcast »II-30- Tackling 3 Big Wage and Hour Questions for Employers
Wage and hour issues continue to keep employers up at night, with new lawsuits and potential exposure not diminishing any time soon. Today's episode tackles three important questions in this area: the meaning and potential pitfalls of calculating an employee's regular and overtime rates (and the status of the "new" overtime regs), strategically using a fluctuating workweek compensation method to pay employees, and keeping up with the DOL's new rules on tipping. This episode features Mike's labor and employment colleague, Susan Eisenberg.
Download Podcast »II-29- E-Mail Curfews, the DOL's New Self-Audit Program, Social Media Discovery, and Other Noteworthy Employment Law Trends and Developments
This episode welcomes the start of Spring by addressing hot labor and employment developments on e-mail curfews, the DOL's new voluntary self-audit program, social media discovery in lawsuits, employees losing their protection under the NLRA, ADA essential job functions, and sexual orientation under Title VII.
Download Podcast »II-28 - The New Relaxed Intern Standard and Implications for Employers
Is your company thinking about your summer (and other) internship program? This episode presents an interview that Mike just gave on the Sirius XM Wharton Business Channel to discuss the United States Department of Labor's recent change in the test used to determine if an individual can be classified as an unpaid intern.
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