--- title: "Employment Law Articles | Labor Law Blog" description: "" url: "https://wimlaw.com/articles?start=220" date: "2026-06-20T08:03:54+00:00" language: "en-US" --- # Articles [ ![Yes, Companies Need to Keep Preparing for the New Overtime Rule.](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/03/111116_1700_yescompanie1-0340645a.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=904:yes-companies-need-to-keep-preparing-for-the-new-overtime-rule&catid=205)## [Yes, Companies Need to Keep Preparing for the New Overtime Rule.](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=904:yes-companies-need-to-keep-preparing-for-the-new-overtime-rule&catid=205) November 11, 2016 | [Articles](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=205) [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=904:yes-companies-need-to-keep-preparing-for-the-new-overtime-rule&catid=205) [ ![cross necklace / catholic rosary](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/07/james-coleman-QHRZv6PIW4s-unsplash-071f41db.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=876:dont-skirt-the-issue-of-religious-accommodation&catid=205)## [Don’t Skirt the Issue of Religious Accommodation](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=876:dont-skirt-the-issue-of-religious-accommodation&catid=205) November 04, 2016 | [Articles](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=205) This week, the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit against a South Carolina automotive parts manufacturer that refused to hire a Pentecostal job seeker because her faith requires her to wear a skirt rather than pants. (EEOC v. Akebono Brake Corp., D.S.C., No. 3:16-cv-03545, complaint filed11/2/16). Per the Complaint, when a tem… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=876:dont-skirt-the-issue-of-religious-accommodation&catid=205) [ ![Innocent Until Proven Guilty? What Should a Company Do When an Employee Gets Arrested?](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/2d/110316_1519_innocentunt1-2d5379bf.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=903:innocent-guilty-employee-arrest&catid=205)## [Innocent Until Proven Guilty? What Should a Company Do When an Employee Gets Arrested?](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=903:innocent-guilty-employee-arrest&catid=205) November 03, 2016 | [Articles](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=205) In another life, I worked as a criminal defense attorney. At every trial that I handled, I reminded the jury that under the law in America, every person charged with a crime is presumed innocent until he or she is proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt (or he or she takes a plea deal and admits guilt). However, whenever I read comments to news articles ann… [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=903:innocent-guilty-employee-arrest&catid=205) [ ![Only One Month Until the Effective Date of the New Overtime Exemption Rule—Is Your Company Ready?](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/38/110116_1508_onlyonemont1-38f7e3c6.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1022:only-one-month-until-the-effective-date-of-the-new-overtime-exemption-rule-is-your-company-ready&catid=205)## [Only One Month Until the Effective Date of the New Overtime Exemption Rule—Is Your Company Ready?](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1022:only-one-month-until-the-effective-date-of-the-new-overtime-exemption-rule-is-your-company-ready&catid=205) November 01, 2016 | [Articles](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=205) [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1022:only-one-month-until-the-effective-date-of-the-new-overtime-exemption-rule-is-your-company-ready&catid=205) [ ![So Long Snoopy—The Perils of Terminating the Long-term employee](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/c8/102816_1536_solongsnoop1-c87aec23.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=902:so-long-snoopy-the-perils-of-terminating-the-long-term-employee&catid=205)## [So Long Snoopy—The Perils of Terminating the Long-term employee](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=902:so-long-snoopy-the-perils-of-terminating-the-long-term-employee&catid=205) October 28, 2016 | [Articles](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=205) [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=902:so-long-snoopy-the-perils-of-terminating-the-long-term-employee&catid=205) [ ![EEOC Adopts New Four Year Strategic Enforcement 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Workplace](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=900:locker-room-talk-in-the-workplace&catid=205) October 14, 2016 | [Articles](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=205) [Learn More](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=900:locker-room-talk-in-the-workplace&catid=205) [ ![EEOC Issues Updated Guidance on Retaliation](https://wimlaw.com/media/yootheme/cache/94/100716_1846_eeocissuesu1-94a4c3f4.jpg) ](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=899:eeoc-issues-updated-guidance-on-retaliation&catid=205)## [EEOC Issues Updated Guidance on Retaliation](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=899:eeoc-issues-updated-guidance-on-retaliation&catid=205) October 07, 2016 | [Articles](https://wimlaw.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=205) [Learn 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