UK: ONS Announce That 1.8 Million Workers Have Zero Hours Contracts

The Office of National Statistics has found that 1.8 million workers were employed by UK companies using zero hours contracts last summer; with additional data showing that nearly 700,000 employees had zero hours contracts between October-December 2014. This amounts to 2.3% of the UK workforce.

A zero hours contract is traditionally used for casual working, it does not guarantee the worker with work and pays a worker only for the work that they have actually […]

By | February 27th, 2015 ||

United States: Skadden Case On Lawyer Overtime/Exempt Status Argued Before Second Circuit

I have been following this protracted saga for some time and there is another chapter now being written.  The law firm of Skadden Arps is being sued in a Fair Labor Standards Act collective action by lawyers claiming they were not doing legal work because all they did was document review.  In argument before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, the firm argued that the theory that document review work was not “practicing law” […]

By | February 27th, 2015 ||

United States: New Overtime Rules Result In Major Employee Adjustment, Says Tiffany Hildreth

The Obama administration will soon lay out new rules for overtime that could affect up to 6 million low-salaried managers, administrators and sales employees.

The White House says it is addressing what it calls the erosion of the 40-hour work-week, but some believe the move could backfire.

“Many employees will find their duties shifted and probably increased, positions being eliminated as employers try to adjust in order to still meet their financial bottom line,” says employment […]

By | February 25th, 2015 ||