Employment Laws

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States may set minimum wage amounts that are lower, not higher, than the federal minimum wage.

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The FLSA requires breaks or meal periods to be given to workers.

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In internship programs under the FLSA, the intern is entitled to wages for the time spent in the internship.

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The FLSA requires employers to provide reasonable break time for nursing mothers.

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Penalties imposed for violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act can be trebled for repeated violations.

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Employers are not required to compensate nursing mothers for breaks taken for the purpose of expressing milk.

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Employers with fewer than 50 employees are not subject to the FLSA break time requirement if compliance with the provision would impose an undue hardship.

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The FLSA sets 16 years of age as the minimum age for employment.

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The WARN Act requires that employers give employees prior notice of plant closings or mass layoffs.

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The right to receive a WARN notice excludes part-time workers.

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A WARN notice is mandatory for a case that relates to the sale of a business.

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Covered plant closings are defined as the loss of jobs by 500 or more employees in a 30-day period.

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The penalty for failure to comply with the WARN notice is back pay to employees to cover the required 60-day period.

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Under the FMLA, the employee's parents in law do not qualify as an immediate family member.

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The right to a covered leave of absence under the Family and Medical Leave Act applies to employees the moment they begin employment.

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If a bonus is based on the amount of sales, the FMLA requires the employer to award sales that the employee would have made if not on family medical leave.

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Employers have the right to retaliate against anyone assisting in the enforcement of USERRA rights, provided that person has no service connection.

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An employee is entitled to sue an employer for damages based on an OSHA violation.

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Regarding employment at-will, employees may be fired if the boss does not like them.

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Employment-at-will relationships are essentially employer/employee agreements that may be terminated at any time without cause.

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