If you follow professional basketball – and as a firm with an average height of 6’6”, we do – you are probably aware of the fairly recent stories that have surfaced regarding the Dallas Maverick organization and the frighteningly inappropriate …
Last week, we discussed the Wage and Hour Division’s letter pertaining to no-fault attendance policies and whether employers were retaliating based on an employee’s use of protected FMLA leave. Analysis of that letter can be found here: http://wiley-law.com/a-wage-and-hour-letter-that-may-impact-the-way-you-operate/. In FLSA …
The Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division recently issued a number of opinion letters pertaining to issues ranging from the Family and Medical Leave Act to its Retail or Service establishment exemption. For those who are unfamiliar with the …
As we approach the Labor Day weekend, many in Minnesota are planning on spending time with family and friends away from the office, taking advantage of the extra day off. But as you venture off to the lake for one …
Here we sit at the end of August, and as of now, there have been a total of seven interest arbitration awards posted to the Bureau of Mediation Services website. While this is equal to the total number of interest …
We imagine that when the folks at Starbucks asked their assistant managers to set the security alarm and lock up their stores at the end of the night, they were not thinking the employees would also be carrying a stopwatch, …
The Wiley Law Office will be taking a brief hiatus from updates as it heads north for the annual MPELRA Summer Conference. Look for both Greg and Ben during the conference, as Ben will be presenting Thursday afternoon on Total …
As football season approaches, we address a controversial issue in a somewhat different context. Prior to joining the Department of Energy as an Attorney Advisor, Jody TallBear was an activist in the Native American community and made it known she …
In our previous posts regarding the NLRB’s decision in The Boeing Company, we discussed the old standard for analyzing work rules set under Lutheran Heritage Village-Livonia, how the NLRB found that standard unwieldy and difficult to apply in many situations, …
The Paid Parental Leave movement has swept the nation in recent years, with the number of employers offering paid maternity leave rising almost ten percent in the last two years. The problem with that, as the EEOC sees it, is …
