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Minimum “Exempt” Salary Threshold Raised and Millions of Additional Workers Entitled to Overtime

by Bennett Pine in Human Resources. Posted July 6, 2016

On May 18, 2016, President Obama and the Labor Department issued the much anticipated final rule regarding overtime regulations, which significantly raises the minimum salary threshold required to qualify for “white collar exemptions” under the Fair Labor Standards Act. These new Department of Labor Overtime Rules may be of particular interest to businesses in the ...

NYC Enacts Law to Ban Credit Screens for Most Job Applicants

by Bennett Pine in Human Resources, Legal. Posted August 5, 2015

On May 6, 2015, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio signed into law the Stop Credit Discrimination in Employment Act that would prevent employers from using credit checks, bankruptcies and liens to disqualify most applicants from employment. The bill was passed by the New York City Council by a vote of 47–3 in April. ...

Ten Things to Consider when Terminating an Employee

by Bennett Pine in Human Resources. Posted October 21, 2014

Back to school, back to work, back to serious decisions — now is a good time to recall key considerations before terminating an employee or employees. 1. Consider the Reason: Position Elimination vs. Performance Issues As a fundamental proposition, the employer must be able to articulate the reason for terminating an employee. A good exercise for employers is to summarize ...

New Jersey Joins NYC, DC, and Oregon in Prohibiting Discrimination Against Unemployed

by Bennett Pine in Human Resources, Legal. Posted July 23, 2014

Joining New York City (see Employment Law Insider Alert, March 2013), Oregon and Washington, D.C., on July 1, 2014, New Jersey passed legislation to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of a job applicant’s unemployment status. This expands existing New Jersey law — the first law on the subject — that prohibits employers from creating ...

NLRB Finally Punts on Rule Requiring Posting of Right to Unionize Notice

by Bennett Pine in Human Resources. Posted January 20, 2014

In several prior issues of the Employment Law Insider Alert, we have reported on the ups and downs of the efforts of the National Labor Relations (“NLRB” or “Board”) to require almost all private sector employers to post an 11-inch by 17-inch notice in the workplace advising employees of their right to form and join a ...

Articles Posted by Bennett Pine

Minimum “Exempt” Salary Threshold Raised and Millions of Additional Workers Entitled to Overtime

NYC Enacts Law to Ban Credit Screens for Most Job Applicants

Ten Things to Consider when Terminating an Employee

New Jersey Joins NYC, DC, and Oregon in Prohibiting Discrimination Against Unemployed

NLRB Finally Punts on Rule Requiring Posting of Right to Unionize Notice

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