Are verbal complaints protected by the FLSA? 
By:
Kimberly Atkins
Published: October 13, 2010
Tags: Employment Law, FLSA, retaliation, Supreme Court
WASHINGTON – The Fair Labor Standards Act protects workers who complain about workplace conditions from facing retaliation from their supervisors. But do those protections apply if the employee protests verbally, as opposed to filing a written complaint?
Call center workers can’t get overtime
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: September 8, 2010
Tags: fair labor standards act, FLSA, overtime
Call center workers for a weight loss company are not entitled to overtime under federal law, the 3rd Circuit has ruled in affirming judgment.
Health care reform bill offers many hidden changes
By:
Correy Stephenson
Published: April 9, 2010
Tags: fair labor standards act, flexible spending accounts, FLSA, health care reform, health savings accounts, Medicare, Obama, Roth IRA, taxation, whistleblower
In addition to universal health care, the new reform law includes various provisions relevant to lawyers, including tax changes, an amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act, new whistleblower provisions for hospital employees and other employment-related updates.
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