Labor & Employment Law & Human Resources Counseling on Behalf of Business

“Pyramiding” of Overtime

A colleague of mine recently posed the following question to me & some other labor & employment lawyers concerning a union collective bargaining agreement & overtime (OT) compensation. Below is the complete discussion & analysis. Note that the Fair Labor Standards Act doesn’t apply in this situation because the union collective bargaining agreement supersedes it. Subject: Pyramiding of [...]

Some Thoughts on Making an Offer to Settle a Case

I thought it might be interesting to post a real settlement offer that I made to the opposing party to settle an actual court case. Since this deals with real parties & litigation issues, I won’t include any information that could disclose the parties’ identities. Nevertheless, despite confidentiality concerns, this post will give some insight [...]