Does your employment policy address text messaging, emails and voicemails?

By David McDowell, Rose Law Group A recent spate of lawsuits under state and federal wage and hour laws raise issues about pay for non-exempt employees who answer text messages, emails, or voicemails after hours. Suits against T-Mobile, the City of Chicago, and CB Richard Ellis contend that non-exempt employees were required to respond to electronic communications after hours and …