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Mike Parker is a liminal coach and shared this book of reflections recently:

This is not a book of answers but of invitations. It is an exploration and evocation of the in-between, a reminder that growth happens through alignment and through releasing what we don’t need.

– Reflections Seeded from the I Ching

I struggle with daily practices and routines, and I beat myself up for it. Why can't I be like others, why can't I just do the damn thing, consistently?

It's fear. It almost always comes back to fear.

I spoke with someone who called the Crisis Clinic tonight – I volunteer there – and she said she was worried she was a failure because of some things that happened at work. I reassured her that she was not a failure, and that things happen. I often talk about the "next job" mentality. Whatever happens, good or bad or in between, there is something that needs to be done next.

I spoke with Jason Early earlier this week, and vented about how I often get paralyzed when trying to find focus and consistency. He reminded me that it doesn't have to be finished, it just has to be started. The next job is to start something, do something, rather than just sitting in the overwhelm and overanalyzing trying to figure out what the best thing to do is.

There's an ebb and flow to life and creative work, and something Mike mentions in his introduction resonated (emphasis mine):

It is also a way of saying that you are not alone in living an ongoing process of transition. The way forward is always there, perhaps concealed beneath shock or disappointment or confusion. We nonetheless return to what matters.

I love the idea of daily affirmations, daily rituals, making art every day. I love photography. I love nature. This is a reminder to myself as much as any of you. Just write. Just post. Just do it. It's all just energy flowing around the universe. Rather than fearing the worst, ask, "what's the best that could happen?"

I'll leave you with one more thing I read this week.

"I would give anything just to hear your story of how you picked the shirt you are wearing today… Anything that brings me into your chronology, your relationships, your proclivities, your being.

Our little personal vignettes, however insignificant they may at first appear, are portals into the nuance and detail of the complex world around each person. The urge to pop into grammar and structure that scrapes out the intimacy of personal story is a violence to the commons of soul..."

– Nora Bateson on LinkedIn

Let's all let go of perfection and share something. I'm curious. I want to know what's in your soul, your being, your creative mind, what energizes you. If you've been thinking about sharing but holding back, just put it out there.

The universe needs it. Humanity needs it. I need it.

☮️❤️

P.S. If this resonated with you, and you do share something, please send me a link. Even better, I'd love to talk about this with you. Book a time and let's seek out some nature and have a conversation.

A recent comment I received on Facebook stated: “The death of Randalls should be studied for future generations.” Well, good news, I’ve already studied it! At nearly 7,500 words (about 20 printed pages), the Randalls Food Markets page is one of the projects I’m most proud of on HHR. It gained enough traction to catch the attention of Randall Onstead a few years back, who invited me to his office to meet him and discuss ...

In brief: In today’s post we discuss Houston’s sunny weather this week, and a splash of lower humidity before sultry conditions return this weekend. Rain may return by Sunday night or Monday.

Real talk, y’all

There is no shortage of inclement weather in Houston, from hurricanes to freezes, and heavy rainfall to deep summer heat. But at other times our pattern is calm and fairly predictable. This is one of those times. I’m not saying you should not read Space City Weather for the next day or two, but if you wanted to take a break it would not be the worst idea in the world. Houston’s weather pattern is fairly calm in the coming days, and in terms of confidence I don’t expect the forecast to change too much.

Wednesday

We are seeing another pleasantly cool morning across Houston, with temperatures in the upper 60s in Houston, and even cooler the further northeast one travels. Don’t get used to this, because are lows are going up big time this weekend. But for now, it is really rather pleasant. With light northwest winds, sunny skies, and moderately dry air our high temperatures this afternoon will rise to about 90 degrees, or even a touch above. Temperatures will cool down this evening, with lows tonight probably dropping to around 70 degrees in Houston, with conditions a touch cooler for outlying areas.

Thursday

This will be a day a lot of like Wednesday in all but one respect: winds. They’re going to veer from the west to south, and this will be the beginning of the onshore flow. Afternoon winds may gust up to 20 or 25 mph. Lows on Thursday night should drop to around 70 degrees.

Friday

Highs on Friday will be in the upper 80s for most of Houston, with mostly sunny skies and breezy southerly winds. Lows will only drop into the low- to mid-70s.

Saturday and Sunday

This weekend should see a mix of sunshine and clouds, with the best chance for some clearing skies during the afternoon hours. Highs will generally be in the vicinity of 85 to 90 degrees for most locations, with plenty of humidity. Our nighttime lows will be quite a bit more sultry, in the upper 70s. Rain chances on both days will be about 10 percent, so pretty low overall. That may change by Sunday evening or night.

Next week

As the moisture levels pile up in our atmosphere and high pressure departs over the weekend, this will set the stage for higher rain chances during the first half of next week. I don’t feel too confident yet in accumulations, but after a warm and sunny week any precipitation will be welcome for most of us. In terms of temperatures, highs probably will hang out somewhere in the upper 80s before, possibly, a weak front pushes into the area by the middle of the week. Maybe. These things often tend to wash out before pushing all the way through Houston at this time of year.

In brief: Today should be the hottest day of the next week or so in Houston, with low 90s possible. Then, as humidity and clouds pick up some, we’ll see warmer mornings and slightly lower daytime highs. Rain chances pick back up on Monday. Plus, a special honor for SCW in today’s post!

Special thank you

Eric and I want to extend a special thank you to the City of Houston and specifically Council Member Abbie Kamin for honoring Space City Weather during yesterday’s City Council meeting with a proclamation recognizing our work. I (Matt) also want to extend a special thank you for a separate recognition on the occasion of my departure from Houston this summer.

This remains bittersweet for me personally, but I think I can speak for Eric when I say that we are grateful for the recognition. We’d be remiss not to also recognize Lee Hutchinson who has been critical to making sure the site stays up and running day in and day out, Dwight Silverman who has been an idea factory, mentor, and a big part of helping us manage our app, and Hussain Abbasi who actually built, maintains, and upgrades the Space City Weather app. It takes a village as they say, and that’s a huge part of our village.

We do what we do because we love our community and we love weather. And by some twist of fate, hard work, trust, and you, our readers, Space City Weather has become what it is. And the mission continues. Thank you again for the honor yesterday.

The quick and dirty

As Eric noted yesterday, the weather is very toasty and quiet right now, so there’s not a whole lot to say about the next few days. Expect sun, clouds, highs near 90, and increasing humidity. Today will probably be the hottest day of the next week, with perhaps a 91 or 92 being achieved. Then we shift toward more of an 88 to 90 type day/70-75 type night pattern into the weekend as a few extra clouds show up. We may see some added haze as well.

There is an air quality alert for ozone again today. When you get sunshine like we have ongoing, it tends to lead to a chemical reaction with pollutants near the ground to produce ground ozone. That will be our issue today, so if you have respiratory ailments, take it easy today, especially in the mid-morning and late afternoon.

What’s next?

Our next real rain chance is probably not until Monday, though we can’t entirely rule out a shower on Sunday or Sunday night either. Then we should settle into a more unsettled pattern next week with highs near or below normal (80s) and morning lows near or above normal (70s). Storm chances may peak Wednesday or Thursday but never completely shut off. More on this tomorrow.

Stop motion can be a very provocative form of animation. Even its name sounds sensual… Stop. Motion.

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LANGLEY, VA—In the wake of an operation condemned by critics as a reckless provocation that fails to heed the lessons of history, the Central Intelligence Agency came under fire Friday for arming a group of rowdy 7-year-olds in the town of Heronburg, OH. “Last I checked, the American people were never consulted about whether they wanted to spend millions of dollars on assault weapons and air-to-ground missiles so we could back a bunch of rambunctious elementary schoolers,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), denouncing the “interventionist boondoggle” known as Operation First Grade, in which the CIA outfitted the pack of red-faced, boisterous school children with AK-47s, Stinger missiles, and anti-tank weapons in exchange for continued access to their playground, where the agency plans to construct a special training facility. “Let’s be real here: Jackson H. is not a faithful steward of Lincoln Elementary’s student body, and if he is deposed, you know what? You wind up with Jackson P. in charge. And he’s a genuine bully. Have we even asked permission to do this from their mothers? No, of course not. And I have yet to hear a single legitimate explanation for how it benefits our citizens in any way for these kids to topple their principal.” At press time, CIA director John Ratcliffe had issued a statement denying responsibility for the rocket-propelled grenades that destroyed the school’s cafeteria, insisting they were fired by anti-lunch extremists. 

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Look, we all know how most people live their lives these days, so let’s not beat around the bush and pretend you need a nice home for entertaining and shit like that.

Reference #538518

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Passengers aboard the cruise ship at the epicenter of a deadly hantavirus outbreak have returned to their home countries, where they will be quarantined and monitored. What do you think?

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The State Department has begun revoking passports of parents who owe a significant amount in unpaid child support, beginning with those owing $100,000 or more. What do you think?

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NEW YORK—In an effort to focus on the incredible array of bathing suits featured in its pages, Sports Illustrated announced Wednesday that it would be removing all the distracting models from the magazine’s swimsuit edition. “It has come to our attention that the buxom women we usually feature in our swimsuit issues have been inadvertently drawing attention away from the swimwear we aim to highlight, so this year we’re getting rid of the models to emphasize the clean lines, bold colors, and moisture-wicking technology of the bikinis and one-pieces our subscribers pay to see,” said Sports Illustrated editor-in-chief Stephen Cannella, adding that the featured styles would be better displayed on an empty beach rather than on an attractive cover girl biting her lip at the camera. “Without any models, we’re hoping our readers can finally appreciate the trendy, functional beach fashions without having their eyes wander to the bare elbows, knees, and torsos of human subjects. The issue is all about swimwear, and that means goodbye to annoying cleavage and hello to rash guards, swim trunks, goggles, snorkels, and any other water-ready gear that will inspire readers to go for a swim.” Cannella added that the magazine had enlisted Salma Hayek to participate in this year’s issue—not as a model, but as an off-camera lighting assistant.

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FORT WAYNE, IN—Upon realizing his most meaningful social interactions now took place among people he had never actually encountered in the flesh, local man Andrew Riley confided to reporters Wednesday that he was horrified to find himself seeking community online.

Riley, a 33-year-old account manager who last summer joined an internet forum for wristwatch enthusiasts, expressed terror and disgust as he spoke of how he had apparently reached a point where he derived a greater sense of belonging from a message board than he did from anything else in his life. The time he spent on the forum had become, he acknowledged, the best part of his day.

“Jesus Christ, these are the people I now feel most connected to—random people I’ve never met in real life and probably never will,” said a visibly distressed Riley, who rubbed his temples as he described how his only meaningful bonds with other human beings currently stemmed from his exchanges with a group of self-proclaimed “watch nerds” on the internet. “I don’t even understand how it happened. Six months ago, I went online to ask a quick question about a problem I was having with my Timex. Fast-forward to the present, and I’m one of the top commenters on the r/watches subreddit.”

“Do you know how often you have to comment for that to happen?” he added. “Way too much.”

According to Riley, an event this week brought home just how dependent he had become on the internet watch community for even the most basic forms of social camaraderie. After receiving a long-sought promotion at work, he suddenly realized that the people he most looked forward to sharing the good news with weren’t people he had actual face-to-face relationships with—they were timepiece connoisseurs fond of uploading wrist shots to Instagram.

Riley said he was alarmed and appalled by this new awareness of how little genuine human contact he had in his life. He now felt revulsion toward his web browser’s 20 open tabs featuring watch-
related sites. He was disturbed when he recalled how he had recently skipped drinks with his coworkers because he wanted to finish a 600-word post about the best vintage Seiko watches from the 1990s. And he was deeply unnerved when he thought about the time he arrived 30 minutes late to an intramural softball game because he was participating in a lengthy thread about which mechanisms were ideal for producing a smooth sweep of the second hand.

“It’s gotten to the point where members of the watch forum are the only people I really talk to—not just about watches, but about anything—and that can’t be good,” said Riley, wincing as he admitted that the person he felt closest to in life was a frequent poster with the username JackSkellington1985, someone whose real name he had never learned. “These people, most of whom I only know by their cartoon avatars and wouldn’t recognize if I passed on the street, are the nearest thing I have to friends in this world, which is really fucked up.”

“The fact that I’m quietly hoping to meet a long-term partner on here is almost more than I can bear,” he continued.

Riley’s face then lit up upon receiving a notification on his phone, and he reportedly spent the next three hours exchanging takes with his fellow watch forum users about whether Omega was releasing too many limited editions these days.

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Thanks to his swift rise from first-term Ohio senator to next-in-line for the presidency, JD Vance is thought by many to represent the vanguard of the Republican Party. The Onion sat down with the vice president to discuss his views on faith, the Trump administration’s goals, and his future ambitions.

The Onion: Mr. Vice President, thank you for joining us. How would you say your personal beliefs have evolved over the years?
Vance: They haven’t. I’ve just gotten better at ignoring them.

In that case, how do you navigate disagreements with the president?
By agreeing.

Turning to faith—you’re a practicing Catholic and your wife, Usha, is Hindu. How do you navigate an interfaith relationship?
Communication is key. For example, I’ll tell a crowd of 10,000 people I hope she finds Christ, and she’ll tell me if I ever do that again she’s publicly converting to Islam.

Is it difficult to reconcile your embrace of Christian nationalist ideas with your wife’s religion?
I’m sorry, but that’s between me and my property.

What’s your biggest regret?
Marrying for love.

What do you say to critics who claim you’re a political chameleon with no genuine sense of personal identity?
That’s ridiculous. I am and always have been a member of the Deep-South-Midwest-coastal-working-class elite.

On matters of immigration, what would constitute a success for the Trump administration’s deportation policy?
I would say that, by the end of 2026, there should be no people living in America.

What inspired you to join the U.S. Marine Corps?
I knew that with my soft jawline, I’d need to do everything in my power to present as masculine.

Do you have any new books in the works?
I stopped trying to appeal to people who read in 2019.

Can we expect a Vance 2028 presidential campaign?
Not exactly. I will run, but I’ll have taken Erika Kirk’s last name by then.

What will you do to appeal to independent voters in future elections?
Undergo the craziest buccal fat removal you’ve seen in your life.

What’s the best piece of advice Donald Trump has given you?
Always bury your first wife on a golf course.

Is there anything you want to say to any fans who are reading?
I will betray you, and because I have nothing going on inside my head, your hatred of me will mean nothing.

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UKIAH, CA—Calling the blatant display of favoritism unfair to both his child and the other players on the field, local father David McKenzie reportedly stormed over to the sidelines of an ongoing youth soccer game Saturday afternoon to demand that the coach play his unathletic son less. “Josh has been on the field for 20 minutes straight now—get him out of there, he’s fucking terrible,” McKenzie said of the frail, uncoordinated 9-year-old, adding that he wasn’t paying $350 per season for his son to start every game, and emphasizing that the boy did not deserve an opportunity to show what he can do. “I hate to be one of those overbearing soccer dads, but Josh totally sucks. He’s an indoor kid. He should be riding the bench, where he can’t mess anything up. Get that Brendan kid in there instead, for God’s sake. You hear that, Brendan? You’re up.” At press time, sources told reporters that McKenzie had turned his attention to the referee, demanding that he give his son a red card and boot him from the game. 

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Tara Knox and Sean Blackwell: The civil union brings Blackwell’s lifetime dating record to 3-14-1.

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Woman whose loveless marriage proves Stockholm Syndrome isn’t real, Melania Trump has been heard comforting an embarrassed Donald Trump after the president was unable to erect his tower in the Gold Coast.

Melania was reassured Donald that not getting your tower up is something that happens to loads of guys, especially at his age.

“This is totally natural,” she said, “maybe you just need an energy drink or something?”

Melania was later heard screaming and dry heaving after Donald suggested he try a blue pill his doctor gave him.

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GRAND PRAIRIE – With spring finally underway, 34-year-old resident Inna Bondaruk reports she is looking forward to enjoying the approximately 23 days of tolerable weather between the end of a harsh, unforgiving winter and the start of terrifying, uncontrollable wildfires.  “It’s just so nice to go outside and take a deep breath that doesn’t freeze […]

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In the US, fired and laid-off workers often have their digital credentials deactivated before they learn about the loss of their jobs; indeed, the inability to log in to a corporate system may be the first an employee knows of the situation.

Although not a generous or humane approach to staff reduction, it does follow from the simple fact that a fired employee with access to company systems is a security risk.

Just ask the Akhter twin brothers, accused of wiping out 96 databases hosting US government information in the minutes after both were fired last year from their shared employer.

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It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…

1. Do we need a dress code because one employee’s skirts are too short?

I work in a small marketing office and am part of the leadership team. It shouldn’t matter for this, but I am a woman. We have no written dress code and it is pretty casual. To give you an idea, leggings and tracksuit bottoms are not that uncommon, nor are hoodies and shorts. But I’m not sure that means we have actually no rules. At the extreme end, swimwear and booty shorts would not be okay, nor would a t-shirt with swear words on it.

One staff member, Barbara, stands out a bit in how she dresses — think very short dresses (with tights underneath) and sometimes low-cut tops. I personally don’t care (and have always mentally marked this as a choice but not one that impacts my assessment of her work, which is good, or her character). Another member of staff, Lisa, has asked whether we need to consider tightening the dress code. (I think Barbara was doing something during a break that meant her dress had ridden up, and Lisa has raised it off the back of this.)

One option of course is to do nothing. And maybe that’s fine. But there is a line — no one should have to see their colleague’s underwear. Should we talk to Barbara about this? If we do, how can this be phrased in a way that isn’t awful? I don’t think we want to try to construct an entire dress code because of this either, especially if it were aimed solely at women or solely at “too short skirts.”

I know you don’t want to construct an entire dress code because one person isn’t following it, and you don’t have to — you could just talk to Barbara and let her know that at least one outfit recently exposed her underwear and ask her to ensure she’s wearing clothes to fully cover her undergarments.

But I’d argue that it’s a kindness to spell out more formally what isn’t okay. So far, everyone but Barbara has picked up on it, but given that your office does have some expectations around dress, it’s not ideal to rely on people figuring out those expectations on their own. You might be thinking, “Most people look around and figure it out” — but as you’re seeing, inevitably some of them will get it wrong. Since there is a playbook that you expect people to use (just an unwritten one), it’s kinder to everyone — and better management — to spell it out.

It doesn’t need to be any more proscriptive than the current expectations. It could simply spell out what you’ve spelled out here — no swimwear, booty shorts, or t-shirts with profanity, and clothes should provide enough coverage that undergarments aren’t exposed.

Someone still needs to talk to Barbara; you shouldn’t just roll out a new dress code without explaining to her what she needs to change. But ideally you’d do both.

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2. Construction noise when you’re working from the office

I work in a hybrid environment, and our office is located in a multi-tenant building. For the past one to two months, another suite in the building has been undergoing a major retrofit for a new tenant. About a quarter to half of the time, this has involved very loud construction work (concrete boring rather than light drilling), and we occasionally feel vibrations as well. I’ve reduced my in-office days to the minimum required, and when I am on site, I rely heavily on noise-canceling headphones throughout the day. This has helped but I still notice the construction.

How much and for how long is it reasonable to expect office staff to work in conditions like this? Management seems sympathetic to the disruption but hasn’t suggested increasing our work from home days. Management did say they requested that the most disruptive building work be done outside of normal office hours. Is this enough? Should I be expecting more?

Are they actually doing the most disruptive work outside of normal office hours now? If so, that may be the most you can expect if your work really does require you be in the office X number of days this week. If it doesn’t really require that, then it’s reasonable to ask if you can increase your work-from-home days until the construction is done (or at least until the loudest phase of it is done). That request will be stronger if it’s based on “the noise is giving me headaches” or “I can’t hear people on the other end of my call” rather than just “I still notice the construction even with headphones.”

It’s also reasonable to ask about what the timeline is likely to look like, since it’s probably easier to tolerate if you know this is the final week versus if you know it’s going to be like this for months.

3. Blessing the food at an event with employees at my home

I supervise a team of about eight people across multiple offices, and recently, when everyone happened to be in town, I invited them all to my home for dinner. I was explicit that this was an optional, after-work event. I encouraged people not to bring anything (although a few brought desserts, as people will do). When it was time to eat, I offered a brief blessing on the food, a tradition in my faith (and something I think we’ve never skipped in our home, although I’m confident the deity I worship would get over it if we did for one meal).

No one seemed uncomfortable, but after the fact, I wondered whether that was an overstep. On the one hand, members of the team are of different faiths (or no faith at all), and I certainly wouldn’t want anyone to feel uncomfortable. I’d never bring up religious issues in the workplace, and I have no desire to proselytize to my supervisees. On the other hand, this was an event in our home and we were (briefly) observing our usual customs. In future, what would you advise?

Yeah, ideally you’d avoid it when it’s a work gathering, even though it was at your house. But how overtly religious was the blessing? If it was an “in Jesus’s name we pray” type blessing, that’s much more likely to make someone uncomfortable (and be inappropriate for a work gathering) than if it was a fairly general appreciation for the food without any mention of specific sacred figures or texts.

4. I keep missing a morning meeting because of a medication side effect

I work on a team of three. Until a year ago, my team all worked mostly or completely remote. My boss, Rachel, still does, as she lives in a totally different time zone. The third member of our team, Phoebe, and I would do separate check-ins weekly with Rachel. But our company moved to a new location and started requiring all employees within a certain radius of the office to come in on a hybrid basis. Employees outside that radius are allowed to stay fully remote. Phoebe and I are hybrid, and Rachel is remote.

We started doing team check-ins, with Phoebe and me in a conference room and Rachel calling in. Except Phoebe and Rachel are both morning people, starting work at 7 am my time (Rachel is often online even earlier because she is in a time zone ahead). I am … not. I tend to arrive to work closer to 9:30–10, with 10 being the latest allowed by the company. We compromised on a check-in time of 9:30.

Fast forward a few months, and I am on a medication that has a side effect of fatigue, which has hit me badly. I’m still in the office by 10, so I am within the bounds of company rules, but there have been multiple occasions where I have fallen back asleep in the mornings or overslept and missed the 9:30 call. I have explained several times it’s a medication side effect and apologized profusely. But I can tell Rachel is annoyed, even though she always says it’s okay.

I missed the call again today. Phoebe is on a sabbatical right now, so it is just me and Rachel. Rachel’s temporary solution is to have me take the call from home at 9:30, then come to the office, but we’ll need to figure out a more permanent solution when Phoebe returns in a couple months. Rachel has noted she and Phoebe prefer early check-ins, and it doesn’t really make sense to return to separate ones since Phoebe and I will be in the office together.

I know I am the problem here. I am the one who keeps missing the call. And I feel like a child every time I have to say I overslept or missed an alarm again. But I have talked to my doctor and there isn’t much she can do without putting me on a different medication that runs the risk of even worse side effects. I feel like I’m not being heard that this is something that has a very easy solution. If we moved the call an hour later, this would not be an issue. How can I lay this out and make it clearer I need a later check-in time? At least until I figure out a solution that helps me get out of bed in the mornings.

Approach it as a medical accommodation: “I am as frustrated as you that this keeps happening and because it’s medical, at this point I want to ask if we can move our meetings to 10:30 as a medical accommodation, or a later time if you prefer it? I can talk to HR about a formal accommodation if you think I should, but I thought I’d check with you first in case you don’t think going that route is necessary.”

5. Working a full-time job and a part-job for the same employer

My organization allows full-time employees to hold a part-time position within the same organization. I don’t understand how the organization does not get in trouble for violating the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) with regards to non-exempt full-time employees.

If I work 40 hours this week at my full-time job, how is it allowed that I could then come back and work another 12 hours on the weekends as a part-time position doing something completely different and not accrue 12 hours of overtime pay? It is the same company, and the same pot of money that pays each person. Am I missing some crazy loophole?

Nope, that’s illegal.

If an employee is non-exempt (meaning not exempt from overtime) their employer must pay overtime (time and a half) for all hours over 40 in the week, even if the employee is working two completely different jobs for the same employer. That’s true even if the part-time job on its own would be exempt; if their “main” job is non-exempt, then the additional work gets treated as non-exempt too. (The only exception to this in the law is for government employees, and only if the part-time job is only occasional or sporadic.)

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Man, am I foul today.

Albertan separatists say they have the signatures necessary to force a referendum on the issue. We sat down with Keith Greengrass, a prominent advocate for an independent Alberta, to understand more about the movement. The Beaverton: Thank you for your time Mr. Greengrass. Was there a specific moment or event that made you want to […]

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It was nice to draw Shelley in this comic, though it’s always a little tricky to factor in a. how old she is and b. how slowly she ages. She’s not like normal people, after all. She’ll outlive all of us.