Holly Jones
Holly K. Jones, J.D., is a Senior Legal Editor for BLR’s human resources and employment law publications. She understands the existing and emerging needs and challenges of human resources professionals thanks to several years of experience managing, writing, and editing key legal and compliance publications for BLR. Prior to joining BLR, Ms. Jones worked for the Tennessee Legislature's Office of Legal Services.
She graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in English Rhetoric and Writing, Political Science, and Psychology from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she also received a 2001 Citation for Extraordinary Academic Achievement. She received her law degree from Vanderbilt University Law School and is licensed to practice law in Tennessee.
She graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa with a B.A. in English Rhetoric and Writing, Political Science, and Psychology from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, Tennessee, where she also received a 2001 Citation for Extraordinary Academic Achievement. She received her law degree from Vanderbilt University Law School and is licensed to practice law in Tennessee.
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For more details on the DOL's six-factor test, you can reference Hillary Collyer's great article on the interpretations, which was featured in our free Hero Line e-zine earlier this year. The link to the article is [url]http://bit.ly/bKUfai[/url].
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Frank, On the one hand, I agree completely! On the other, though, I grew up in a small town where we couldn't get cable at my house, let alone a place to deliver a pizza while I watched it. If you wanted pizza, it was straight from your grocer's f…
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Just as a point of clarification, since these points are crucial, and since the words "comp time" alone will send most wage and hour and HR professionals running away in fear: An arrangement such as that mentioned by kdigangi is permissible [I]only…
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Under the FLSA, on-call time is something of an all or nothing deal. Either the on-call hours are also considered "working" hours, for which you must pay at least minimum wage, or they are not considered working hours, and are not compensable at al…
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Senator Harry Reid has filed a motion for cloture on the PFA, which is a call for the end of debate. If the motion passes, votes could start during the lame duck period after the Senate's fall recess. [url]http://tinyurl.com/2ff8g63[/url]
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Earlier this year, we put together a special issue of [I]Employers State Law Alert[/I] that dealt specifically with the topic of medical marijuana. The cover article explains the interplay of state medical marijuana laws, the federal controlled sub…
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[url]http://hrhero.com/hl/articles/2009/04/17/interns-and-trainees-must-they-be-paid/[/url] The above article from our Hero Line e-zine goes into explanation of the DOL six-factor test. Regarding your earlier question about paying with gift card…
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Just as a point of clarification: Salaried does not necessarily mean "exempt." Non-exempt employees may be paid on a salary basis, but still be subject to the overtime requirements of the FLSA. I think a lot of us mistakenly use the terms interch…
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My gut reaction is that I just wouldn't risk it. Despite the well-meaning intent and the "official" notification on paper that Labor Day would be observed on another day, the crux of the plan still feels like a scheme to alter the payment of unem…
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[QUOTE=Paul in Cannon Beach;720421]"We divided our problems among groups of small people"... mmhmmm... Holly, we don't call them small people anymore. We call them interns.[/QUOTE] *facepalm* See, that just goes to show how much of my menta…
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Today I think we've all been positively abuzz with swarming (bad pun, very bad pun). Tony, Wendi, Jessica, and I have had all number of out-of-nowhere questions and tasks that have resulted in a lot of on-the-fly working, researching, and collabora…
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Just to clarify a few points: There is some difference between the FLSA rules when the travel is for a one-day assignment and when the travel is for overnight travel. I won't get into the day assignment rules too much, since they're not on-top…
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With regard to an individual employee's work schedule, generally the meaning of full-time/part-time is determined by the employer. Nothing in Ohio law sets a minimum number of hours at which an employee is considered "part-time" or "full-time." So…
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What Frank said. You can't deduct hours from an exempt employee's *salary,* but the Fair Labor Standards Act doesn't actually require that employees be provided with paid time off at all, so an employer's internal policies for use of PTO don't come…
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Absolutely agreed with Dasher. The issue isn't really whether the employee is working another job, staying out all night partying, or sitting up all night taking care of a sick pet, the issue is just that the employee doesn't appear ready to safely…
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For the statutory basics, I checked [I][url=http://www.hrhero.com/50x50/]Fifty Employment Laws in Fifty States[/I][/url] for details on the Illinois law on this. Employees in IL do have the right to examine and copy their personnel files (as do for…
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From a purely legal standpoint, I think you'd be fine. Illinois does have a Right to Privacy in the Workplace Act that protects employees' "use of lawful products [i]outside the workplace during nonwork hours[/i]," but this wouldn't cover what you …
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I looked into the specifics for self-employed individuals under the HIRE Act this morning but, unfortunately, the IRS has not yet issued specific guidance on whether self-employed individuals (or contractors, for that matter) are qualified employees…
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I always click articles and posts about dress code nightmares because I'm expecting to find myself profiled to a tee. I am absolutely not the fashion hound and my general guideline for work attire is "is it clean" and "is it comfortable. With that…
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Focusing on Leadvisor's question, since the initial wage question is a few years old and seems to have been covered pretty thoroughly: As far as deciding which employee drives, there are no real specifics in the FLSA/Portal to Portal Act beyond wha…
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Sharon, we aren't soldiers in World of Warcraft, we are adventurers! Uh oh. I think I just said too much! I will confess that I have actually taken time off for special game-related events, but I took vacation time and even told everyone I was …
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I was just sharing a link on this one from CNN a few minutes ago. ([url]http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/04/26/walmart.suit/index.html[/url]) It was just 2008 that Wal-Mart had the largest wage and hour settlement in history, and now this. More than…
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[QUOTE=ACU Frank;719478]Two words - Keith Richards.[/QUOTE] See also, Iggy Pop.
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Just chiming in here to add my two cents that I would absolutely treat this as a disciplinary issue, even given the particular details of this situation. While I agree that terminating for a few late timesheets might seem a bit harsh, terminating fo…
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There can be state law implications to this issue that arise since vacation time is often defined as "wages" in the statutes, so I'd double check to see if the laws of that state define how/when vacation pay is calculated. If not, then the policy wi…
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I thought this might be a timely topic to mention that state laws on payroll cards are one of two new topics addressed in the 2010 edition of Fifty Employment Laws in Fifty States, which will be available for shipment this week. For the most part, t…
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Looks like you're already doing a great job of thinking outside the box on this. One caveat: if you choose to pay bonuses, be careful to maintain the discretionary nature of the bonuses. Otherwise, if employees come to expect a bonus as part of th…
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[QUOTE=ACU Frank;718693]My otherwise wonderful collection of "50 Employment Laws In 50 States" includes [I]some[/I] information on posting languages, but not much. (Sounds like 51 Employment Laws in 50 States may be in order.)[/QUOTE] Well now I ca…
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I was just reading about this this morning. Seems like very dangerous territory, to me, though I can empathize with the underlying urge to feel a bit indignant about seeing the FB pics of someone who's supposed to be out on disability leave, etc. …
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I voted for the roasted turkey (I also brine mine, it makes such an amazing difference), but I will also admit to being very torn between the traditional roasted experience and the deep fried turkey. Deep frying really does create a phenomenal and …