by Girish Anand | Jun 27, 2016 | Personnel Concepts
The Supreme Court has passed on an opportunity to review the Department of Labor (DOL) and its reinterpretation of “companionship services,” which brought minimum wage and overtime benefits to home care workers employed through staffing agencies. In 2015,...
by Girish Anand | Dec 30, 2015 | Minimum Wage Law, Personnel Concepts
Especially if you’re in one of the 13 states that will greet the New Year with new minimum wage rates and mandatory workplace notices: Alaska, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, New York (which actually takes...
by admin | Nov 11, 2015 | Personnel Concepts
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, using executive fiat, has set in motion a plan to raise the minimum wage for all state workers to $15 an hour by no later than 2021. Once implemented, the minimum wage will affect some 10,000 workers statewide, about 6.5 percent of the...
by admin | Aug 8, 2014 | Federal Labor Law, FLSA, Personnel Concepts
In a case brought to trial against the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) by former UCLA basketball star Ed O'Bannon, a federal judge has ruled that Division 1 football and basketball players, who were included in the lawsuit, own the rights to their...
by Girish Anand | Jul 3, 2014 | Personnel Concepts
From its humble beginnings 25 years ago today in the founder's residence, Personnel Concepts has grown to be the dominant force in the labor law poster compliance industry. Through its first quarter-century, miore than 1.5 million American businesses have relied...
by Girish Anand | Mar 16, 2014 | EEOC, Personnel Concepts, social media
In 2010, the online world was shocked with reports of employers demanding access to job candidates’ social media sites. At the forefront of these headlines was a story about Robert Collins, an applicant to the Maryland Department of Corrections who was asked during a...