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On Monday, March 31, 2003, the Department of Labor published proposed regulations that significantly change the tests for determining which employees are exempt from time-and-a-half overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act. Since 1949, the DOL has made only minor modifications to these regulations, leaving them considerably out of date, vague, and confusing. -
Since September 11th, corporate America has substantially increased the amount of security checks it performs on its employees. These security background checks are being performed not only on new employment applicants, but also on corporate America's existing employees. The huge volume of background checks have caused many ordinary people, who have for years felt comfortable and otherwise secure with their niche in the workplace, to lose their jobs. -
Most attorneys (ourselves included) normally counsel their clients to keep good records and document as much as the. -
As you may be aware, late this year, Congress enacted the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act which requires hea. -
When the personnel department looks at a request for termination, it must fit the questions considered to the circu. -
You must pay overtime to employees who works over 40 hours a week unless the employee is specifically exempt from o. -
The U. S. Supreme Court has ruled that employers are responsible for even a low-level supervisor's sexual harassme. -
Slip and fall accidents can involve tremendous injuries as the body crashes down because someone other than the . -
Gov. Ridge of Pennsylvania signed into law a bill (now Pennsylvania Act 67 of 1999) on December 16, 1999 tha. -
While it is standard practice for most companies to audit business operations to protect their financial interests,.