With an aging population, the home care industry is rapidly growing in the United States, yet many of its employees’ wages are not currently protected under federal law. More specifically, home care employers are not required to pay home care workers minimum wage or overtime. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) established federally mandated minimum… Read More
Archives for September 24, 2013
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Employee's Race Discrimination Claims Against Paula Deen Dismissed
A federal judge dismissed a former employee’s race discrimination claims against Paula Deen, according to an article in the Seattle P-I. The judge ruled that the employee, who is white, does not have the right to bring a claim based on workplace discrimination against African-American workers. However, the judge did not dismiss the employee’s sexual… Read More