Does your organization take good care of your employees? Do you offer them competitive wages and benefits? If you don’t, you may want to rethink that. Typically, technical workers don’t organize to join a union. Unionizing is seen more for blue-collar workers. But that’s just what happened recently t …
Department of Labor Final Rule on Overtime Pay
Recently, the Federal Department of Labor (DOL) revised the regulations issued under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to allow 1.3 million workers to become entitled to overtime. The DOL updated the earnings thresholds necessary to exempt executive, administrative, or professional employees from …
Temporary Workers? – That Doesn’t Mean You Can Disregard Employment Law
We’ve noticed lately that some businesses act as if they are not responsible for employment laws for their temporary workers. This may put their company and themselves at risk. Let me explain. Temporary employees can add flexibility to the workplace. They may be essential for businesses that e …
