Archive for June 12, 2019

James M. Thompson was interviewed by ABC Action News for a news story regarding new Federal overtime rules for salary employees.

If you feel you are owed overtime wages please contact Thompson Legal Center at 813-769-3900.

Racial discrimination is still present in today’s workforce.  However, many companies and their employees feel that diversity in the workplace should play a role in their hiring and promotion decisions. A January 2019 poll conducted by Pew Research states that 75% of all respondents felt it was important for companies to “promote racial and ethnic diversity in the workplace”. Within that number, different identity groups based on race and political stance fell to different sides when asked about how that promotion of diversity should factor into the hiring process. For