By Dan Lewis and Mark Brookstein With 2023 just around the corner, now is the time for employers to prepare for updates and anticipated changes to federal, state and local employment laws. Below is a brief summary of the landscape of changes to employment law for employers in 2023. What Employers In Chicago Need […]
Let’s talk for a bit about a rather hot topic lately—worker classification. We begin with a joke. Rich Hall, the comedian, has one about how to tell what economic class you’re in: “When you go to work in the morning, if your name is on the building—you’re rich, if your name is on your desk—you’re […]
Currently, employers are not required to pay overtime (time and a half) to “exempt” employees who earn at least $23,660 per year ($455 per week). Exempt employees are those employed in bona fide executive, administrative, computer and outside sales positions. (For more info, check out http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/fairpay/fs17d_professional.pdf) That could change rather drastically. The DOL has issued […]
