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DOL Fact Sheet 13 Employment Relationship Under The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

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DOL Fact Sheet 13 Employment Relationship Under The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)

DOL Fact Sheet 13 Employment Relationship Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) This fact sheet provides general information concerning the meaning of “employment relationship” and the significance of that determination in applying provisions of the FLSA. FLSA Characteristics An employment relationship under the FLSA must be distinguished from a strictly contractual one. Such a […]

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OSHA Fines Bacardi $192,000 After Temp Worker Killed On First Day

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OSHA Fines Bacardi $192,000 After Temp Worker Killed On First Day

Lawrence Daquan “Day” Davis’ first day as a temp worker at Bacardi Bottling Corp. in Jacksonville, Fla., turned out to be his last day on Earth. Davis, 21, was crushed to death by a palletizer machine at the Jacksonville Bacardi facility in August 2012. Davis was cleaning glass from under the hoist of a palletizing […]

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Silicon Valley Employer Bloom Energy Cheated Workers From Mexico

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Silicon Valley Employer Bloom Energy Cheated Workers From Mexico

Clean power generation equipment maker Bloom Energy was caught cheating workers it imported from Mexico to Silicon Valley, paying them far below minimum wage. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Bloom Energy Corp. has been ordered to pay $31,922 in back wages and an equal amount in damages to 14 workers that the company imported from Chihuahua, Mexico, to […]

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Court Rules Kansas Strippers Entitled To Unemployment Benefits

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Court Rules Kansas Strippers Entitled To Unemployment Benefits

It’s the law: Strippers in Kansas are entitled to unemployment benefits. In a labor law case that took eight years to dance its way through the state legal system, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that strippers are employees and are entitled to unemployment insurance. Siding with the state Department of Labor, the Kansas Supreme Court […]

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20th Anniversary: FMLA Benefits American Workers And Their Families

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20th Anniversary: FMLA Benefits American Workers And Their Families

To mark the 20th anniversary of the signing of the landmark Family and Medical Leave Act, (FMLA) the U.S. Department of Labor today released the results of a survey on its use and impact. The survey “Family and Medical Leave Act in 2012: Final Report,” shows that the law has had a positive effect on […]

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LEGAL JOBS: Litigation Offers Job Opportunities; Top Talent Scarce

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LEGAL JOBS: Litigation Offers Job Opportunities; Top Talent Scarce

Which specialty areas are predicted to yield the most prospects for legal job seekers in the year ahead? Almost one-quarter (22%) of lawyers recently interviewed by Robert Half Legal expect litigation will generate the greatest number of job opportunities in 2013. General business/commercial law and health care ranked an equal second, with each legal practice area receiving 19% of […]

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Death Of Temporary Worker: Bosses ‘Not Thinking Of Him As A Human Being’

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Death Of Temporary Worker: Bosses ‘Not Thinking Of Him As A Human Being’

By JIM MORRISE and CHIP MITCHELL, The Center For Public Integrity— By the time Carlos Centeno arrived at the Loyola University Hospital Burn Center in Chicago, more than 98 minutes had elapsed since his head, torso, arms and legs had been scalded by a 185-degree solution of water and citric acid inside a factory on this city’s southwestern […]

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NLRB Finds New York City School Bus Strike Is Legal

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NLRB Finds New York City School Bus Strike Is Legal

New York’s school bus strike can keep rolling. A strike by New York City bus drivers is legal and may continue, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has ruled. The NLRB has found that a strike by union bus operators against a group of New York school bus companies does not violate the National Labor Relations […]

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Health Care Proposal: Religious Nonprofits Won’t Pay For Birth Control

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Health Care Proposal: Religious Nonprofits Won’t Pay For Birth Control

By JENNY GOLD, KHN— After a year of lawsuits and public outcry, the Obama administration proposed Friday, Feb. 1, 2013, a way for women who work at nonprofit religious institutions to get free birth control without requiring their employers to pay for it. Instead, institutions that insure themselves, such as hospitals and universities, could use a third party to find […]

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Discrimination: High Court To Hear Case On Standards Of Proof In Retaliation Claims

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Discrimination: High Court To Hear Case On Standards Of Proof In Retaliation Claims

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case focusing on the standards of proof plaintiffs must establish to successfully pursue retaliation and other employment discrimination lawsuits. According to the petition for writ of certiorari, which was granted by the U.S. Supreme Court in University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center v. Naiel Nassar, M.D., the […]

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