Attorney Michael Shadiack, who chairs the Labor and Employment practice at the Connell Foley law firm, looks at what he calls “the good the bad and the ugly” in real employee handbooks to show employers what to do, and more importantly, what not to do in their own handbooks. From the opening disclaimer to the last page of the handbook, […]
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Are Your Employee Handbook Policies Transparent or Trouble?
Just one word in an employee handbook can be the difference between a sound company work rule policy and one that launches an employer into costly litigation. In Part 2 of NJBIA’s Employee Handbook Series, Connell Foley attorney Michael Shadiack includes examples of real work rule policies submitted to his firm for review in his […]
NJBIA Launches Employment Law ‘Legal Resource’ Program Exclusively for Members
The New Jersey Business & Industry Association has launched a new affinity program with the law firm Connell Foley LLP, which is offering an employment law resource exclusively for NJBIA member companies. This program is beneficial for any business in need of assistance with employment law compliance efforts, updating or creating an employee handbook, and/or […]
Are You Getting Ready for Potential New Overtime Regulations?
Sometime next year, the federal regulations governing overtime are probably going to change. The U.S. Department of Labor has proposed a significant increase to the minimum salary you will have to pay an employee in order for them to qualify as an executive or administrative employee. The employee’s salary rate is the threshold consideration of […]
Get Ready for Changes to Federal Overtime Rules
Businesses should start reviewing their worker pay schedules and exemption classifications now because big changes are expected in early 2020 to the federal rules governing which employees are exempt from overtime. That was the message prominent labor law attorney Michael Shadiack delivered to HR professionals and company executives who attended NJBIA’s wage and hour law […]