Unpaid internships were recently brought back into the spotlight, as two interns for the Oscar winning movie Black Swan brought a lawsuit claiming Fox Searchlight did not pay them properly. With this issue making headlines, more interns might be saying “Hey, that sounds like my internship” and may decide to complain. In the film industry, [...]
As published in the July 18, 2011 Connecticut Law Tribune Editor’s Note: This is the third in a six-part series examining how employment law issues specifically affect law firms. Next week’s article will focus on law firm discrimination and harassment issues. In the last article, we began discussing wage and hour issues relevant to law [...]
As published in the July 4, 2011 Connecticut Law Tribune. Editor’s Note: This is the first of a six-part series that will examine how employment law issues specifically affect law firms. Next week, the authors will write about federal and state overtime requirements. There’s an old saying that the cobbler’s children have no shoes. This [...]
Connecticut is the first state in the nation to require employers to provide their employees with paid sick leave. Both the state Senate and House already passed the bill. Governor Malloy is expected to sign it into law soon. The new requirements will go into effect on January 1, 2012. The bill requires employers with [...]
Employers often wonder what the consequences would be if they are found misclassifying their employees as exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Recently, Levi Strauss agreed to pay $1,011,413 in back pay to 596 (about 12%) of its employees who were improperly classified as exempt from the FLSA and therefore not paid overtime. [...]