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Some say the Working Families Flexibility Act benefits employees while others worry employers will use it to cheat employees out of wages.

This week the House of Representatives passed the Working Families Flexibility Act which would amend the FLSA’s overtime regulations and give employers the option of offering employees comp time instead of overtime.

The Act would allow employers to offer employees comp time (more vacation time) …

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Employment Law Optimism to start your week.

And we’re back with another installment of “Good Things for Employees!” There is still slim pickins in terms of positive news, but here are a few things that have happened in the last two weeks:

House Speaker Paul Ryan withdrew his Obamacare replacement bill Friday, March 24th! This is great new for everyone but especially employees …

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Employment Law Optimism to start your week.

After skipping a week, we’re back with another installment of Monday Morning Good Things for Employees!! Last week was another slow week, but here are some positive things employees can focus on:

The Fight for $15 was revived last week in Illinois! A new bill was set to be introduced, advocating for an increase in …

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Employment Law Optimism to start your week.

Happy Monday! Here are some positive and interesting things in the employment world from last week:

The five main actors in the hit show, “The Big Bang Theory,” have all agreed to take a pay cut so two of its female cast members–Mayim Bialik (who plays Amy) and Melissa Rauch (who plays Bernadette)–can get raises. …

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Employment Law Optimism to start your week.

Last week was not the best week for employees but, nevertheless, we were able to cobble together at least some good (or at least interesting) news to share with you.

–New York parents started advocating for higher wages for their children’s daycare workers.   Anyone who has spent any time caring for groups of small children …

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Employment Law Optimism

Even though we’re a day late due to the holiday, we are still committed to bringing you good news in our third installment of the “Monday Morning Good Things for Employees!!” Last week was full of ups and downs, but here are some Good Things for Employees to focus on:

•  Andrew Puzder withdrew his nomination for the Secretary for the Department …

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Employment Law Optimism

We are back with our second installment of “Monday Morning Good Things for Employees!” Admittedly, last week started off a rough, but things seemed to get better/calmer as the week came to an end. While we have no clue how long this seemingly peaceful time will last, here are some Good Things for employees to focus on:

• In continuing to assist …

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Employment Law Optimism

Because the world feels just a teensy bit tense lately, we are going to start every week with a list of Monday Morning Good Things for Employees–a compilation of the previous weeks’ good news.  Last week, proving good things often come from chaos, there seemed to be quite a bit of good news for employees.

• LGBTQ employment rights (in the federal sector at least) live to see another day. Despite …

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The annual Open Enrollment period for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) ends TODAY, January 31. This may be your last chance to protect yourself from the possibility of future discrimination by insurers based on preexisting conditions.

There is every reason to believe that the ACA will be repealed or, at a minimum, thoroughly stripped of important protections in …

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Companies cannot turn a blind eye to third-party sexual harassment.

A Chicago jury recently awarded a woman $250,000 in emotional distress damages after her employer failed to protect her from third-party sexual harassment.  In this case the third-party was a customer.

In EEOC v. Costco, the EEOC filed suit on behalf of the Plaintiff after Costco failed to take steps to protect her …

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