Legislation
Will The Federal Minimum Wage Hike Affect You?
Beginning next January 2015 home health care workers will be covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act. This change in the law will affect the nearly 2 million home care workers who make up one of the fastest-growing occupations in the country. Currently, the FLSA covers nearly all workers who work for a wage in…
Read MoreIs Your Employer Complying With The FLSA and Notice Provisions Of The Affordable Care Act?
Do you know what the Affordable Care Act (ACA) means for you? Has your employer properly notified you of your rights as required? The first phase of the ACA began October 1, 2013 with open enrollment for health insurance though the Health Insurance Marketplace. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires that employers must provide…
Read MoreBill To Amend FLSA May Give Employers More Control Over Overtime Pay
Recently a House Bill aimed at amending the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) was introduced to a U.S. Congressional Committee. The FLSA as it is currently written is already one of the more pro-worker federal labor laws in existence. Although the FLSA covers a number of different areas, including child labor laws, there are two…
Read MoreFemale Workers Face Challenges From Over And Under Employment
A recent Op Ed piece in the New York Times raises an interesting point – although high earning women and low wage earning women seem to have different problems, the issues they face as the result of the way the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is currently written are very similar. A main issue is that women…
Read MoreDepartment Of Labor Considers Inclusion Of Home Care Employees Under The FLSA
Last December, President Obama announced his intention to make revisions to the Fair Labor Standards Act, one of the oldest federal labor laws. One of the changes would be to include home-care employees as workers protected by the Act. Such a change would be a great benefit to many hard working Americans who have been excluded…
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