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Working Wise was created by the K&L Gates Labor, Employment and Workplace Safety practice to provide updates and compliance tips to lawyers and HR professionals.

Jan 30, 2018

In this episode, we highlight the challenges of accommodating an employee's disability through leaves of absence. The podcast covers the background of the Americans with Disabilities Act, how leave can be a reasonable accommodation, what an employer should request, difficult leave requests (indefinite leave, excessive...


Jan 22, 2018

In this episode, we highlight white collar exemptions to the overtime requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) -- an overview of FLSA overtime requirements and the white collar exemptions to those overtime requirements; a summary of the Department of Labor's efforts to revise the overtime...