Supervised a team of 8 consultants in employing the Fair
Labor Standard Act to help institute standards in salary compensation and recordkeeping.
The Federal
Labor Standard Act has been amended to require employers to provide reasonable break time and a place for nursing mothers to express milk.
The State and Federal Employment disputes handled by Whittel & Melton include FLSA (fair
labor standards act), Wage and Overtime disputes, Minimum Wage Violations, Discrimination (age, sex, disability, pregnancy, national origin, race), Retaliation claims including FMLA (family medical leave act), workers compensation and sexual harassment in the workplace, Whistleblower protection, qui tam and other civil rights pursuits.
Not exact matches
A report released by the
Labor Department in 2016, called the «Workforce Investment
Act Gold
Standard Evaluation,» concluded that the federal government's primary job - training programs don't really work.
There are two potential rule makings around fiduciary
standard of care: the SEC, under Section 913 of the Dodd - Frank
Act, and the Department of
Labor, under ERISA.
• Promoting
Labor Law reforms - including elimination of the Wage Theft Prevention
Act's annual notice / signature requirement, adopting reasonable
standards regarding pay equity and workplace accommodations, and opposing new and increased pay and benefit mandates on private sector employers.
It should also
act as a spur to force review of both the Hudson Valley case and the Syracuse decision to ensure that
labor, environmental, or health
standards were not ignored.
«The low - wage service workers we represent need a champion in Albany who will advocate for raising workers»
standards, the DREAM
Act and state - level immigration reforms, and ensure the
labor movement remains a force for upward economic mobility.»
States
labored for decades to put such
standards in place, prodded in 1994 by the federal Goals 2000
Act, then in 2002 by the No Child Left Behind
Act, with its insistence on annual testing and consequential accountability.
The
Labor Department's proposed rule would give them the chance to do that by requiring those giving retirement investment advice to
act in the best interest of their clients and comply with the fiduciary
standard already embraced by Rebalance IRA and other investment innovators.
The continued focus on enforcing the Foreign Corrupt Practices
Act on conduct by affiliated entities of US corporations impacts our investigations work, as we know that ethics issues that arise need to be viewed not just as potential violations of local law and not just as local employment - or
labor - issues, but need to be reviewed and addressed with the scrutiny applicable in the US under our corporate ethics
standard.
The Fair
Labor Standards Act (FLSA), along with varying state laws, has established employee protections such as a minimum wage and overtime pay requirements, along with other employment
standards.
The Fair
Labor Standards Act (FLSA), enacted in 1938, is the federal law that governs minimum wages, maximum work hours, overtime pay, equal pay and child labor stand
Labor Standards Act (FLSA), enacted in 1938, is the federal law that governs minimum wages, maximum work hours, overtime pay, equal pay and child
labor stand
labor standards.
According to new regulations issued this week by the
Labor Department, financial advisors and brokers who manage individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and 401 (k) s must
act in accordance with their clients» best interest by following the «fiduciary
standard.»
The «Fair
Labor Standards Act» (FLSA), establishes
standards for employment such as minimum wage, overtime pay, and record keeping for both full and part - time employees.