by Michael Gan | Nov 7, 2014 | FLSA, Labor Law
It is difficult to reconcile the passage of multiple state ballot measures to increase the minimum wage with a rather poor showing for Democrats in Tuesday’s midterm elections. The Wall Street Journal tries to explain.
by Michael Gan | Oct 14, 2014 | Employment Law, Restrictive Covenants, Restrictive Covenants (Non-Compete Agreements)
I’ve probably gobbled up 800 inches (67 feet) of Jimmy John’s turkey subs in the last five years (that’s 100 sandwiches). But no more. Sometimes a company’s employment practices will cause me to say, “no thank you.” After reading Neil Irwin’s piece in today’s New...
by Michael Gan | Jul 3, 2013 | Employment Law, Social Media
Social Media Protections Extended to Employees and Job Applicants in Oregon. Add Oregon to the list of states enacting laws prohibiting employers from accessing their employees’ private social media sites. The new Oregon law becomes effective January 1, 2014 and...
by Michael Gan | Jun 22, 2012 | Clergy Employment Issues, Employment Law
Over the last forty years, Reform Judaism’s seminary, the Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, has ordained almost 600 women rabbis. There are currently a total of 2,000 Reform rabbis in North America. For many years, those close to matters of...
by Michael Gan | Jun 19, 2012 | FLSA, Supreme Court
In the 5-4 Christopher v. Smithkline Beecham Corp. decision announced yesterday, the Supreme Court found that pharmaceutical sales reps do not enjoy the overtime protections of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The pharmaceutical sales reps in this case worked between 50...
