I still get questions about pyramiding of overtime. Prior posts are here: 8/31/20; 12/4/17; 1/10/17; 4/1/16; 12/1/16; 1/2/13. Below are the most recent questions (in blue). Following those are my responses (in black).
Names have been changed to protect anonymity of the poster & their company.
From: Jane Doe, Esq.Subject: Pyramiding of overtime
Message Body:Good day –
I have been reviewing your blog posts during an adjournment of a contentious battle over overtime computation for employees working in a public penal facility. I am hoping you might have the time to provide some insight.
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Thanks to Sheldon Alderton, a LinkedIn contact & group member of Charles Krugel’s Labor & Employment Law & Human Resources Practices Group (3,900-plus members). As a followup to the recent Construction Dive article quoting me, Sheldon recently asked me questions about the viability of labor unions going forward. I’ve decided to turn Sheldon’s questions & my answers into a blog & LI post. Below are his questions & my answers.
Sheldon Alderton 
Hey Charles, I was super intrigued by the Construction Dive article you were featured in about labour shortages and union labour power. I worked on the…
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Thanks to writer Joe Bousquin for quoting me in:

Is ‘Striketober’ the moment construction unions have been waiting for?
The convergence of worker shortages, supply chain snarls and vaccine mandates could give labor the upper hand at the bargaining table, experts say.

Published Oct. 28, 2021

Joe Bousquin, Senior Reporter

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images via Getty Images

Charles Krugel, a management-side labor attorney in Chicago, has been spending a lot more time lately resolving conflicts between his contractor clients and the labor unions that represent their workers.
“In the past, union work was 10% or 15% of my practice,” Krugel told…
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Thanks to Lynne Curry for quoting me in her 10/5/21 article: I was fired because I refuse to be vaccinated for COVID-19. Can I sue? This was published in her Workplace Coach Blog & the Anchorage Daily News. The article is below.
I was fired because I refuse to be vaccinated for COVID-19. Can I sue?

By Lynne Curry
Published: 10/5/21

Q: I can’t believe it. My employer fired me because I wouldn’t get vaccinated.
I suppose you could say they “warned me.” I’d gotten the “You need to show proof of vaccination by September 30th, or we’ll consider…
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The Dotted Line: How to Navigate Vaccine Mandates
Contractors are getting squeezed between demands for inoculated jobsites and a hesitant workforce, but there are legal and business advantages to the situation.

Published Aug. 31, 2021

Joe Bousquin Senior Reporter

Danielle Ternes/Construction Dive

This feature is a part of “The Dotted Line” series, which takes an in-depth look at the complex legal landscape of the construction industry. To view the entire series, click here.
With construction workers exhibiting some of the highest vaccine hesitancy rates of any occupation, contractors are increasingly finding themselves being pulled between the personal preferences of their…
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Fact Check: Workers Fired for Refusing a Aaccine are Unlikely to Qualify for Unemployment

McKenzie Sadeghi
USA TODAY
Published 1:11 p.m. ET Aug. 9, 2021 Updated 2:14 p.m. ET Aug. 9, 2021

The claim: Employees who are fired for refusing a vaccine are eligible for unemployment benefits
The highly transmissible delta coronavirus variant has caused a nationwide spike in cases, hospitalizations and deaths. As a result, an increasing number of workplaces are requiring employees to provide proof of vaccination.
In some states, company vaccine mandates have been met with opposition, with some employees resigning and filing lawsuits. A Morning …
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New Employment Law Webinar Premiering July 13, 2021
Leading Professionals to Teach About Employment Law

Financial Poise Webinars announces “The Impact of Communicable Diseases, Including Coronavirus, on the Workplace,” a live webinar premiering July 13th at 2:00 PM CST. This webinar is co-produced by West LegalEdCenter and part of the “Protecting Your Employee Assets: The Life Cycle of the Employment Relationship” series. It will feature Charles Krugel (Law Offices of Charles Krugel); Helen Bloch (Law Offices of Helen Bloch, P.C.); Max Barack (The Garfinkel Group, LLC); and Gary Savine (Savine Employment Law, Ltd.).
This webinar explores how to…
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Financial Poise announces its 2021 Employment Law Bootcamp webinar series—Protecting Your Employee Assets: The Life Cycle of the Employment Relationship
Click here for registration & more information: PROTECTING YOUR EMPLOYEE ASSETS_ THE LIFE CYCLE OF THE EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP 2021
MODERATOR:
Charles Krugel – Charles A. Krugel, Labor & Employment Law on Behalf of Business
PANELISTS:
Helen Bloch – Law Offices of Helen Bloch, P.C.
Max Barack – The Garfinkel Group, LLC
Gary Savine  – Savine Employment Law, Ltd.
#1: Welcome to the Team! Recruiting and Hiring, Including Restrictive Covenants
Premiere date: 1/26/21
#2: An Ounce of Prevention: Policies, Procedures and…
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