Employment Law
| Overtime Pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act |
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| Under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), those employers who allow or require their employees to work overtime are generally required to pay them at a premium rate for their services. The FLSA, however, does not apply to all workers. Specifically excluded from the scope of the FLSA are: More... |
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| Fair Labor Standards Act Class Actions |
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| Privacy - Personnel Files - Redress for Privacy Violations |
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| There are many instances in which an employer may share information about an employee with a third party. Employers regularly, for example, disclose information about their employees to other employers, unions, and law-enforcement agencies. They may also share information with banks and creditors, insurance companies, government agencies, and even third-party private individuals. Although some of these disclosures may be at the employee's request or required by law, others may be may be considered a violation of privacy or inflict harm. More... |
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| Employers' Vicarious Liability for Sexual Harassment |
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| Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, adverse discrimination of employees on the basis of sex is unlawful. Included within this prohibition is sexual harassment. The Supreme Court has clearly determined that when a supervisor sexually harasses a subordinate, the employer may be found liable for that conduct. More... |
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| Covenants Not to Compete |
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| Employers in highly competitive industries often require their employees to sign covenants not to compete, or non-compete clauses, when they are hired. Usually such covenants provide that if the employee leaves his or her employment, he or she will not go to work for a competitor within a certain period of time. Some agreements also require that an employee will not contact the employer's clients upon his or her termination or that the employee will not go into his or her own business to compete with the employer. More... |
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