- Senate Republicans make noises about reining in runaway EEOC [Roger Clegg, Senate minority staff report, Human Resource Executive Online]
- Yes, minimum wage increases hurt many low-skilled workers [NBER via Charles Hughes]
- “Women earn less than men even when they set the pay” [Emma Jacobs, FT, via Tyler Cowen]
- Just a typical fast food worker, except for happening to have a high-powered P.R. firm representing him [Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Economics21]
- Aaargh: “Federal judge wants to bury summary judgment for many reasons, but especially because it harms employment-discrimination plaintiffs” [CL&P]
- “Ideally, someone from Human Resources will join you to meet with the aggrieved employee and inform her that the tree is staying up.” (Well, not up this far into January, but you know.) [Evil Skippy at Work]
- “But”, sic: “Vermont has some of the most progressive wage-and-hour laws in the country, but low-income workers are still struggling.” [Alana Semuels, National Journal]
Archive for January, 2015
The unfolding costs of FATCA
Today the expatriate-punishing tax law, rife with unintended consequences, expands its reach further into the insurance sector. [Frederic Garsson and David Shapiro, Saul Ewing]
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Best of Overlawyered — July 2014
- In California, you can be threatened with fined for using water during drought and also fined for not watering your lawn;
- Bad Obama administration ideas, part ninety-zillion: “The steep cost of junior-manager overtime“
- Money sought after attempt to break world record for “Fastest Time to Jump Through 10 Panes of Tempered Glass” does not end well;
- Mom charged in Connecticut for letting her 11-year-old daughter wait in car;
- Bending to its will: “Feds indict FedEx for not snooping into packages“;
- Florida jury awards $23 billion to woman in smoking case, jet-owning lawyer says it’s (all together now) not about the money;
- What if an AirBnB renter just refuses to leave?