Blog Posts in July, 2011
Posted on Jul 22, 2011 By Sonya Passi
On July 14, 2011, the House of Representatives Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held a hearing on the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), to consider whether the Act is meeting the needs of the 21st ...
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Posted on Jul 22, 2011 By Sonya Passi
We are paying close attention to employers who skirt the FLSA by failing to pay so-called "trainees" overtime. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) defines an "employee" as "any individual employed by ...
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Posted on Jul 8, 2011 By Gary E. Mason
In an huge win for consumers, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth recently affirmed the district court's order granting class certification in In re Zurn Pex Plumbing Liability ...
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