Wage Wars in Business Week
Posted on 05-Oct-07 by The Timekeeper
The blogosphere has been positively abuzz this week with the release of the latest issue of Business Week and their cover story: Wage Wars. It’s definitely a recommended read for every business owner (cuz you can bet a bunch of your employees have read it already). Here’s a roundup of some notable commentary on the article and related issues:
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Your employees may also have read this provacatively-titled post from Payscale.com: Do You Deserve Overtime? It provides a nice, neat summary of the Business Week article from an employee perspective, and does a good job of working in references to a recent New York Times article on the issue of “always on” employee access via wireless and remote technology.
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For a take on the article from the perspective of a lawyer who generally defends the employer in these wage and hour suits, check out this article from the Jottings By An Employer’s Lawyer law blog (“blawg”).
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George’s Employment Blawg has another overview. Particularly check out the related posts, listed and linked at the bottom. There’s a whole bunch of insight and information lurking down there.
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I don’t know if I’d go as far as this article from Young Entrepreneur blog advocates — “when in doubt, pay the employee overtime.” But the advice to consult with an attorney when you have questions and to make sure you stay on the right side of the FLSA is right on.
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If you’re one of my neighbors to the far north, heeding this article summarizing issues in Canadian overtime law, written by Michael Fitzgibbon, a partner at Canadian law firm Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, could save you a lot of time and trouble on down the road.
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Whle not directly about the Business Week article, this interview with a California wage and hour attorney speaks to the same issues as in the article. If you’re an employer, you had better be aware of this. Check out this quote: “For example, my partner used to practice in general employment law so he got a lot of calls from workers regarding harassment or discrimination or other labor issues with their employer. After we started working together we would ask them if they got meal breaks and all wages owed–even though they were coming to us for a general labor problem. The majority of the time, they didn’t even know they had a case.”
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Another one not directly about Wage Wars, but still offers an interesting perspective on the whole overtime issue from an employee’s standpoint (and another eye-catching title): Wage and Hour is the new sexual harrassment lawsuit.
Lots of food for thought here for both employers and employees!
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