by Girish Anand | Nov 30, 2011 | Minimum Wage Law
Eight states are set to raise their minimum hourly wage rates on Jan. 1, 2012, with Washington topping the list at $9.04 an hour, but San Francisco is the lone governmental entity with a minimum wage above the 10-dollar range. Though other cities enforce "living...
by Girish Anand | Nov 29, 2011 | DOL, EEOC, NLRB
Human resource and employment law professionals are urging businesses to review their employee handbooks for the upcoming year in light of several changes in the field of social media policy over the past 12 months. As many of you know, the National Labor Relations...
by Girish Anand | Nov 28, 2011 | DOL, Federal Labor Law, Minimum Wage Law
Federal appeals courts have ruled differently on the issue of whether pharmaceutical sales representatives are or are not exempt from the overtime pay provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), so today the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider the issue. The...
by Girish Anand | Nov 27, 2011 | OSHA
Although the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued no standard on workplace violence, it has cited certain companies for failure to prevent violence under section 5(a)(1) of the OSH Act, generally known as the general duty clause. Stepping...
by Girish Anand | Nov 27, 2011 | OSHA
A smartphone app introduced by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to measure heat safety in work environments reportedly cost $200,000 to develop and returns inaccurate readings of temperatures. Of course, this information comes courtesy of a...
