{ Banner }

Labor & Employment Blog

Labor & Employment Blawg

The Labor & Employment Blog provides employers with breaking news, insights, and legal analysis on the wide range of labor and employment issues facing employers and businesses.  While the Blog provides a general summary of regulation updates, it is not intended to be, and should not be relied upon as, legal advice.  The labor & employment attorneys at Chamberlain Hrdlicka stand ready to counsel employers on the issues they face.

Larry Carbo, Shareholder and Co-Chair

Diana Perez Gomez, Shareholder and Co-Chair

Julie Offerman, Shareholder

Kellen Scott, Shareholder

Leslie Tan, Senior Counsel

Elizabeth Feeney, Associate

AmyJo "AJ" Foreman, Associate

Lucas Meng, Associate

Hannah Strawser, Associate


Chamberlain Hrdlicka Blawgs

Appellate Blog

Business and International Tax Blog

Employee Benefits Blog

Immigration Blog

Labor & Employment Blog

Maritime Blog

SALT Blog/Blawg

Tax Blog/Blawg

Posts from February 2023.

Today, the United States Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in Hewitt v. Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., holding that an oil rig supervisor paid a day rate is entitled to overtime pay because a day rate is not a “salary” within the meaning of the federal wage law—the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). The FLSA requires employers to pay employees overtime pay of at least 1.5 times the employee’s regular rate of pay for all hours worked over 40 hours in a workweek. However, certain employees are exempt from overtime. Companies ...

Yesterday, the FTC hosted a virtual forum during which six speakers from various industries provided their reactions to the proposed ban on non-compete agreements. The President of a Tennessee logistics company who founded the website www.endnoncompetes.com offered his opinion that non-competes are unnecessary and used to bully young people. He proudly announced that his company currently is violating around 100 non-compete agreements. A former Chief Human Resources Officer who now represents a public policy organization that advises chief human resources officers ...