Feb 19, 2015 | ADA, ADEA, Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Discrimination, Employee Benefits, Employee Rights, FLSA, FMLA, Gender Discrimination, Overtime, Pregnancy Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Title VII, Uncategorized, Wage & Hour Issues, Wrongful Termination
The Local Civil Rules for the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina require that all civil cases be mediated with prior to trial. As many, if not most, types of employment cases are litigated in the federal courts, there is a good chance that you will...
Nov 9, 2014 | ADA, ADEA, Age Discrimination, Disability Discrimination, Discrimination, Employee Rights, FLSA, FMLA, Gender Discrimination, Pregnancy Discrimination, Retaliation, Sexual Harassment, Title VII, Uncategorized, Wrongful Termination
At Falls Legal we often receive questions from employees about various types of employment law issues. These questions generally involve an employee who is experiencing a problem at work. I find that preparing potential clients for the types of information we need...
Jul 11, 2014 | FLSA, Overtime, Uncategorized, Wage & Hour Issues
As you may have heard, President Obama has directed the Department of Labor to “modernize and streamline” overtime exemptions. The directive aims to simplify and minimize exemptions that prevent employees from receiving overtime pay under the Fair Labor...
Aug 11, 2011 | Employee Benefits, FLSA, Uncategorized
Overtime laws are somewhat confusing for the weary and many employees have misconceptions about whether or not they are entitled to overtime. The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) is a federal law that governs minimum wage and overtime issues in the United...
Jul 16, 2011 | FLSA, Overtime, Retaliation, Uncategorized, Wage & Hour Issues
The U.S. Supreme Court’s March 22, 2011 ruling in Kasten v. Saint-Gobain resolved a long-standing question of whether oral complaints are protected from the FLSA’s anti-retaliation provision, which prohibits employers from firing an employee because the...
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