Thursday's Wage and Hour Master Class

ACU Frank

Anyone else here attending the M. Lee Smith Wage and Hour Master Class in St. Louis tomorrow?

HRQ

No.

joannie

Gee Frank, I thought you were attending so you could come back and teach us everything you learned.

ACU Frank

I'll be there, I was just trying to see if I had anyone to go to lunch with.

HRQ

Frank doesn't have any friends, except us. I'll join you for lunch, Frank. Call me and we'll do a speakerphone lunch. That way Joannie can hang out with us too. I'll be eating at my desk anyway.

Paul is invited, but only if he brings dessert. x}>

I'll bring the beverages. I still have several cases of Mt. Dew which [i][b]somebody[/b][/i] never drank. I need to get rid of it.

Allsteaks, I believe you were on the potluck committee. You wanna join us?

joannie

Thanks for the invite, Q, but I'm not sitting at table with PICB until he apologizes for his "observation" on MSN' s How Women Should Dress.

HRQ

He was being sarcastic. He pointed out MSN's failure to consider the style needs of women NOT in their 20's-30's-40's.

I initially thought he was just stirring the soap, but after rereading his post, the sarcasm against MSN was clear.

In my opinion, a woman of [b][i]any[/i][/b] age who needs to be told what to wear to work or on a date (or wherever) is a woman who cannot think for herself. x:-)

joannie

Ahhh. There it is, that protective side of you. I was wondering when/if that would kick in again. The original HRQ is back, thank goodness. xclap Notice I didn't say "the old HRQ".x:D

allsteaks

Can't make the lunch, don't have any pot, but I wish you all a lot of luck!!!!
Just kidding. Joannie I do believe you enjoy stirring the pot as much as Paul; I like that attack mode! I didn't watch the MSN clip because I really don't care what someone thinks women should wear at what age. I can judge for myself without being openly judgmental.

joannie

Steaks, don't forget that old Jerry Jeff Walker song, "Pot Can't Call The Kettle Black".

HRQ

See, I am a very nice person. Also a peacemaker and sometimes even a nurturer. Sadly, that is not my reputation at work, though.

I'm glad YOU know the real me. ;;)

ACU Frank

Okay, I'm back.

What a disappointing class.

joannie

Care to elaborate on that?

ACU Frank

Well, to me, the title "Master Class" implied that it would be higher-level concepts and issues. I was not expecting to have to cover the concept of "time-and-a-half", and how to calculate it. (Just an example.) Unfortunately, there was an inordinate number of school and government employees there, so we ate up a lot of time talking about comp time, school bus drivers and "lunch ladies".

Also, there were three presenters for the class. One was there the whole day, another showed up with two hours left, and the third did not attend. I understand there were probably extenuating circumstances, but it still detracted from the class.

HRQ

That's too bad.

Did you learn anything new or intriguing that we might learn from?

ACU Frank

I learned that if:

You are the payroll administrator for a private elementary school *and*
Your landscapers and lunch ladies also drive school buses *and*
The pay rates for those positions are all different *and*
There's a lot of overtime involved...

Then your job really sucks and you make sure everyone around you knows it.

Not that I sat behind anyone like that or anything...


Other than that, apparently Wage & Hour laws have not changed in years.

Dutch2

Frank:
Thanks for the info. Unless you attend a seminar that is very topic/field of business specialized, I have 'bout reached the same conclusion of most every seminar I have attended for some time and seldom attend any now. If I keep up with alerts from SHRM, here and a couple monthly newsletters etc, things appear to be working out ok.
You can tlearn and/or refresh a lot from this forum , and others, just by reading about what is going on with everyone else.