Employment Law
| Whistleblower Protection for Federal Government Employees |
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| The Women in Apprenticeships and Nontraditional Occupations Act |
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| In 1992, Congress determined that two of three new entrants into the job market would be women but that women faced serious barriers to taking up apprenticeable and nontraditional occupations. Accordingly, to help prepare the business community to remove the barriers facing women and successfully integrate women into the work force, Congress passed the Women in Apprenticeships and Nontraditional Occupations Act (WANTO). More... |
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| Pay Requirements for Tipped Employees |
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| The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that requires most employers to pay a minimum wage and premium overtime pay to non-exempt employees. In addition to the FLSA, many state laws also regulate wages. Federal and state laws distinguish between regular employees and employees who regularly receive tips to supplement their income. Under these laws, employers are generally not required to directly pay tipped employees the standard minimum wage. More... |
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| Unemployment Benefits - Protest - Voluntary Leaving |
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| One basis of protest that disqualifies the claimant from eligibility for receiving unemployment benefits occurs when the claimant quit the job voluntarily by leaving without good cause. The unemployment system was designed to insure or compensate workers for wages they lost due to lack of work as a result of the general economic conditions or other reasons and not due to any fault of their own. All states, therefore, have provisions disqualifying a worker who left his employment voluntarily and without a good cause for doing so. More... |
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| State Fair Employment Practices Laws |
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| Nearly all states have some form of fair employment practices laws that generally forbid employment discrimination based upon an employee's race, sex, religion, or national origin. These laws typically mirror the provisions of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which forbids discrimination on the basis of race, sex, religion, color, and national origin in the workplace. More... |
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