| State Laws Protecting Employees from Age Discrimination |
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| The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) is a federal law prohibiting employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of their age. Pursuant to the ADEA, most American employers with 20 or more employees are forbidden from discriminating against employees who are 40 years or older, based upon their age, in the following type of decisions. More... |
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| 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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| Unemployment Benefits - Protest -- Disqualification |
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| The most frequent reasons for protest are those involving a protest against the payment of unemployment benefits chargeable against the employer because the claimant either voluntarily quit his employment or he was discharged for misconduct connected with his work. In regard to these bases of protests, the employer is in a unique position to know the facts because the employer was involved in the circumstances surrounding the discharge at the time it occurred and also because the facts will have occurred prior to the separation from the employer's employment of the claimant. Several other bases of protest (such as available to work and actively seeking work) are all items which may transpire subsequent to the date of separation from the employment and the circumstances of them may not even be within the knowledge of the employer. More... |
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| Fair Labor Standards Act Salaried Workers Exemptions |
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| The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) requires employers to pay a minimum wage and a premium hourly rate (time and one-half pay) for any hours worked in excess of 40 hours in a given week. Under the FLSA, however, certain salaried employees are exempted from the overtime pay guarantee. More... |
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| Workforce Investment Act |
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| Congress passed the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) to increase the employment, retention, and earnings of the nation's workforce and to increase the productivity and the competitiveness of the United States. To effect these purposes, the WIA implemented a one-stop delivery system for training and job placement services. More... |
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