The key driving factor for wages is employer competition. When companies are competing for your talent, they will attempt to outbid one another in order to secure your talent for themselves.This changed under the FDR administration, when it was declared illegal to pay…

It is always interesting to note the yin and yang in any given situation. When the statement is that we will allow to not do something, the implication is that until now we were forced to do whatever it was that we are…

The DOL may as well have a sign hanging over the door to its front office, one that reads,WE DETERMINE WHO WILL GET PAID WHAT IN THIS COUNTRY, AND SO HELP THE ONETHAT EVEN THINKS HE CAN CHOOSE WHAT TO PAY.

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I recently came across an article detailing the problem of toxic workplace culture and ways to fix them. The subject matter was rather important, so I read it, but the author makes a number of claims that need to be clarified. The issue…

Emerging signs of sanity in government? Fear not, the government is as insane as ever. The anomaly here was one of the few normal judges scattered throughout our court system actually getting put on the case.So, what happened here? Well, according to general…

It reads like it was written for businesses that only existed before 1860A little catch from the DOL rule book.Any time the DOL accuses your company of breaking federal pay laws, it’s a major headache.But when the mistake is clearly unintentional and the…