In general, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires all covered, non-exempt workers to be paid 1-1/2 times their regular rate of pay as an overtime premium whenever they work more than 40 hours in a given workweek. This leads to the question, what is the...
Month: September 2019
Month: September 2019
Study: More Women Enter STEM Fields, Retention Still A Problem
The so-called STEM fields -- science, technology, engineering and math -- have long been dominated by men, but substantial efforts have been made over the past decades to recruit more women. A new study says those efforts have been successful, but more needs to be...
How Are Employers Required To Accommodate Breastfeeding Moms?
Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), covered employers with at least 50 employees are required to provide non-exempt, breastfeeding mothers with: Reasonable break time to express milk, as frequently as the employee has need to express the milk, for a...
Report: Federal Workers Facing Retaliation Over Military Service
The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (USERRA) was passed to protect employees who must be absent from their civilian jobs to serve, on active duty or in the reserves, in the United States uniformed services: Army Navy Air Force Marine...