The U.S. Department of Labor has issued a final rule specifying the contents of a new required notice for federal contractor and subcontractor employees. The notice, to be titled “Notification of Employee Rights Under Federal Labor Laws,” is intended to advise employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act. The details of the notice are prescribed by the DOL. Among other things, contractors are required to advise employees specifically that they have the right to “organize a union to negotiate” with their employer, to “form, join or assist…
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FLSA Amended To Require Breast Feeding Breaks
The new 2010 health care law, formally known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, will affect employers in a variety of ways in the coming years. One provision, which received virtually no attention during the months before passage of the new law, will surprise many employers now. Section 4207 of the new law amends section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (the federal law on minimum wages and overtime entitlement) to mandate now that employers provide “reasonable break time” for a mother to “express breast milk for…
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In the months following Judge Chamblin’s August 2009 ruling in Spear v. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, defense counsel across the Commonwealth jumped on the Spear bandwagon, arguing as the Court ruled in Spear that changes in suits re-filed by a plaintiff after taking a voluntary nonsuit, such as to the ad damnum, create a different action and the plaintiff accordingly loses the benefit of the tolling of the statute of limitations provided by Va. Code § 8.01-229(E)(3). But so far, no other court has followed Spear. Now, the Supreme Court…
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