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  • United States Department of Labor: Updated Final Rule on Joint Employer Status under the Fair Labor Standards Act
    United States Department of Labor: Updated Final Rule on Joint Employer Status under the Fair Labor Standards Act

    What is the Fair Labor Standards Act? The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) is a federal law that establishes minimum wage and overtime requirements that affect private and public employers alike. ...

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  • The Learned Professional and Administrative Exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act
    The Learned Professional and Administrative Exemption under the Fair Labor Standards Act

    Introduction The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) is a federal law that establishes minimum wage, overtime, and other employment standards, which affect both private and public employers. There are ...

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  • Bostock v. Clayton County and the United State Supreme Court’s Individual v. Group Analysis
    Bostock v. Clayton County and the United State Supreme Court’s Individual v. Group Analysis

    Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia On June 15, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its opinion in the case of Bostock v. Clayton County, Georgia. In the opinion, the Court held that “[a]n employer who ...

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  • Department of Labor’s Recent Opinion Letters Addressing the FLSA’s Outside Sales Exemption
    Department of Labor’s Recent Opinion Letters Addressing the FLSA’s Outside Sales Exemption

    Introduction The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that establishes minimum wage, overtime, and other employment standards, affecting both private and public sectors of employment. ...

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  • Lessons from Key Cases the U.S. Supreme Court Relied Upon in Ruling that Title VII Protects Homosexual and Transgender Employees from Sex Discrimination in the Workplace
    Lessons from Key Cases the U.S. Supreme Court Relied Upon in Ruling that Title VII Protects Homosexual and Transgender Employees from Sex Discrimination in the Workplace

    What is Title VII? Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, offers protections for employees whose employer has subjected him/her to discrimination and/or retaliation on the basis of ...

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  • Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Now Protects Homosexual and Transgender Employees From Workplace Discrimination
    Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 Now Protects Homosexual and Transgender Employees From Workplace Discrimination

    Introduction Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) protects individuals from discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. Congress drafted the language of ...

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