Recently, President Obama announced changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that would make nearly 5 million more Americans eligible to receive time-and-a-half overtime wages. The law currently exempts workers from overtime pay if they receive a minimum fixed salary of $455 per week or more than $23,660 per year, and the employee holds a […]
Did you know that under the FLSA, employees can sue individuals within the company personally, and not just the organization itself? The Fair Labors Standard Act (FLSA) was designed to protect workers against employers taking advantage of them through unpaid overtime and other methods of wage exploitation. I have seen managers who, wanting to meet deadlines […]
Too often managers believe that increasing productivity requires keeping employees focused on their work. Two recent studies have shown that sometimes a different approach can deliver the desired results. One study performed in Japan and the other at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) found that when employees take breaks together, there are noticeable improvements […]