Showing posts with label Fair Labor Standards Act. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fair Labor Standards Act. Show all posts
Thursday, April 27, 2023

New Laws Protect Pregnant and Nursing Workers

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Two new federal laws that President Biden signed on December 29, 2022 will provide more protection for pregnant and nursing workers. While p...
Thursday, July 14, 2022

Department Of Labor Gives Examples of Illegal Retaliation

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The U.S. Department of Labor has provided a guidance that gives specific examples of what constitutes illegal retaliation. The complete guid...
Monday, February 22, 2021

If My Office Is Closed Due To Winter Storms, Do I Get Paid?

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With big storms hitting all over, even places like Texas that aren't used to snow closings, I thought I'd better re-run this ever-po...
Tuesday, July 8, 2014

What Every Teen Needs To Know About Getting Paid At Work

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I wrote about general workplace rights teens and young adults need to know. And before that I wrote about workplace sexual harassment . But...
Friday, January 31, 2014

Reason For Outrage On Sunday: Unpaid Super Bowl "Volunteers" Are Illegal

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The NFL will have an estimated 13,500 "volunteers" working at the Super Bowl. The NFL just announced that 1500 of these "volu...
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Friday, September 27, 2013

Court Says Lactation Is Related to Pregnancy, Refrains From Saying, "Duh"

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I wrote about a really stupid case out of Texas where a federal court said that "lactation is not pregnancy, childbirth, or a related ...
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Friday, June 7, 2013

Top 6 Signs Your Unpaid Internship Should Be Paid

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In honor of my daughter landing her first internship, I thought I'd go through once again an issue that comes up every summer. Many inte...
Friday, March 8, 2013

Are Journalists Exempt From Overtime?

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A $660,000 settlement for reporters recently caused both celebration and ire in the journalism community. The celebration was for a victory...
Friday, July 20, 2012

Are You Entitled to Overtime Pay? Probably

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You may have read about the recent Supreme Court case saying pharmaceutical representatives aren’t entitled to overtime because they are ou...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Potential Employees Beware: Some Employment Laws Hate Job Seekers

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An ugly new trend is spreading in the workplace, and the courts say it's okay. If you're trying to get a job, employers can now dis...