Julie R. Pugh & Lee P. Geiger
Many companies and students benefit from the internship relationship, especially in the summer. Interns gain invaluable (#IRL) experience and businesses learn from the ideas and contributions of the interns. My first interaction with an intern is often to ask, “Hey, teach me something that makes me look cool” ...
Well … it’s been 15 months since a judge in Texas put the Obama Administration’s updated Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) regulation changes on hold and we’re no closer to knowing where things will end up. The most significant change would have more than doubled the salary threshold for employees to be considered exempt. Employers across ...
Private employers with 100 or more employees and federal contractors or subcontractors with 50 or more employees and a contract/subcontract of $50,000 or more must file EEO-1 reports.
These reports were traditionally filed in September each year. However, in 2016 the EEOC announced a new EEO-1 report. The new report would have required employers ...
If awards were given for offer letters, would yours be nominated for an Oscar?
A letter detailing an offer of employment to a candidate – an offer letter – is an important legal document and should be carefully drafted.
An Oscar-worthy offer letter should include the following:
- A clear description of what the job entails, to whom the employee ...
Companies may choose to offer severance to an employee at the end of employment. But severance pay is no free throw! Typically, any severance payment should be conditioned on the employee’s execution of a waiver and release of claims.
In the past, a company could have deducted both the settlement and attorney’s fees related to such settlement ...