When crafting an internship program, make sure it complies with the U.S. Labor Department's Fair Labor Standards Act, says Joseph H.
This is surely not an outcome sought by those who advocate revising the rules of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
In the U.S., President Franklin Roosevelt spearheaded the federal charge for the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) that was passed in 1938.
One of the most promising ways to do the latter is to adopt another piece of bipartisan legislation: the Open Fuels Standards Act.
The plaintiff sued over violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act, planning to lead a class of fellow employees who say they were denied adequate break time.
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The Fair Labor Standards Act, passed in 1938 to protect the rights of workers, has recently become a bonanza for private attorneys and a potential disaster for employers.
There's also a motion under Section 4A (2) of the Parliamentary Standards Act, which (if I read it aright) concerns the Commons power to punish MPs by withholding salaries.
The law, which amended the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, requires an employer to provide a reasonable break time for a woman to express breast milk for her nursing child.
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"Our lawyers concluded that in the absence of a statement to the contrary from Congress, the Fair Labor Standards Act would apply, " domestic policy advisor Bruce Reed told The Associated Press.
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Under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), prevailing employees can recover double damages for up to three years of lost overtime or other pay, as well as their costs and legal fees.
Class actions involving credit reporting laws, debt collection and federal laws like the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act also can probably proceed, although the rules in this area get a little trickier.
Under heavy pressure from unions to rule as it did, the administration made its decision following a Labor Department assessment that public sector work, from cleaning streets to processing government forms, qualified as work under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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In order to provide accountability in state retirement systems, The Act applies standards similar to Sarbanes-Oxley to the principal executive and financial officers of the State.
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Some want to undermine the No Child Left Behind Act by weakening standards and accountability.
Importantly, if the employee is underperforming, document performance, follow appropriate standards within the organization and act without delay.
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They are expected to adhere to lofty standards of behaviour and should act as a role model for pupils.
He was jailed for four months last year for breaching the Enterprise Act but trading standards officers continued to investigate him.
Introducing free secondary education for all, the 1944 Education Act was by any standards a ground-breaking piece of legislation.
New reporting requirements that stock exchanges have ordered in response to high-profile scandals, together with tougher auditing standards under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, have pushed boards and managers to become far more diligent in reporting accurate financial information.
An inspectorate based on the Healthcare Commission (see article) would act to ensure that quality standards were met.
In America, for instance, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) introduced security standards for personal health data.
But for the last decade banks have been required to meet similar internal-control standards under the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act.
Mackey said the vast majority of the force's 50, 000 or so staff, including 32, 000 officers, "act with the professionalism and high standards we expect, " and that unacceptable behavior would be challenged.
Beijing Times says authorities must also act quickly to introduce acceptable quality standards for bottled drinking water to allay public fears about contamination from deteriorating air and water quality as well as polluting industries.
These standards were called for by the Clean Air Act Amendments more than 20 years ago and level the playing field for the many utilities that have already invested in modern mercury pollution control technologies.
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But with little evidence of any great enthusiasm for mobile money - unless it makes life easier - surely it is time for the payments industry to get its act together and agree some common standards.
And so it's been one of our challenges to insure that we have highly-qualified teachers, and we have the right kind of courses and student support structures so that we could begin to bring students to standards to meet the No Child Left Behind Act.
The Michigan lab was created to set standards and test vehicles after the 1970 Clean Air Act was passed.
These compliance initiatives are designed to meet the highest international standards, including those established by the USA PATRIOT Act, the EU 3rd Money Laundering Directive, and the Swiss Money Laundering Ordinance.
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