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• 4/10/2024

  President Obama Plans to Expand Overtime Pay Requirements

  Posted by: Thomas O. Williams  |  Topics: Business Law Employment Law and Employment Litigation Hot Topics  |  Comments (0) Posted by:

  In early March, President Obama announced that he yet again intends to use his pen by issuing an executive order to extend overtime protections to what the administration estimates as millions of workers.  Currently, employers may treat certain employees as exempt from overtime pay if they can fit within certain specific exemptions of the Fair Labor Standards Act.  ...

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• 11/04/2025

  Another Lesson in the Law from the Big Top

  Posted by: Thomas O. Williams  |  Topics: Employment Law and Employment Litigation  |  Comments (0) Posted by:

  The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania recently ruled that an employee who called his supervisor an “f***ing clown” was not eligible for unemployment benefits following his most predictable termination.  

  The Court’s decision is linked here for your reading pleasure:  Miller v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review.  The case of this foul-mouthed employee has inspired the following prose:...

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• 6/18/2013

  Internships or Indenture?

  Posted by: Thomas O. Williams  |  Topics: Employment Law and Employment Litigation  |  Comments (0) Posted by:

  American businesses have had a long history of providing opportunities for those seeking to gain practical knowledge and experience for little or no compensation.  These folks are typically young students, and they are commonly referred to as interns.  One internet dictionary defines internship as “any official or formal program to provide practical experience for beginners in an occupation or profession, ...

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• 1/17/2011

  ERISA

  Posted by: Theodore A. Adler  |  Topics: Employment Law and Employment Litigation  |  Comments (0) Posted by:

  On Wednesday, January 12, 2011, a Petition was filed with the US Supreme Court seeking review of an employment decision involving a Philadelphia contractor.  The crux of the case is whether an employer can terminate an employee because the employee complained that the company’s health insurance plans violated Federal law.

   

  The case involves A.H. Cornell, a commercial and residential ...

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