Shuttle bus drivers who drove tourists between their hotels and the Miami airport and transported them to other locations within Florida were exempt from the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act. https://goo.gl/B1Q8mo
Timing of Demotion Decision Sinks FMLA Claim
#ICYMI: A former county recreation commission employee could not proceed with his Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) claim against the commission because it had decided to demote him, and he had refused to accept the new job, before he applied for FMLA leave. https://goo.gl/oqv2Jy
Viewpoint: Three Options for Navigating to Talent Hot Spots
#ICYMI: Highly-skilled, in-demand workers tend to cluster in cities where innovations and break-throughs happen almost daily. Companies don’t necessarily have to move their headquarters to these cities, but they can establish a presence in them–and reap the benefits of a larger pool of talent. https://goo.gl/i995XN
Some Ideas for API Discovery Collections That Students Can Use
#ICYDK: This is a topic I’ve wanted to set in motion for some time now. I had a new university professor city my work again as part of one of their courses recently, something that floated this concept to the top of the pile again–API discovery collections meant for just for students. Helping k-12, community college, and university students quickly understand where to find the most relevant APIs to whatever they are working on. Providing human, but also machine-readable collections that can help jumpstart their API education.
I use the API discovery format APIs.json to profile individual, as well as collections of APIs. I’m going to kickstart a couple of project repos, helping me flesh out a handful of interesting collections that might help students better understand the world of APIs: https://goo.gl/CD4x95