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Department of Labor poster notifying employees of rights under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 29 U.S.C. § 203 [1] (FLSA) is a United States labor law that creates the right to a minimum wage, and "time-and-a-half" overtime pay when people work over forty hours a week.
The Kentucky Public Pensions Authority (KPPA), formerly known as The Kentucky Retirement Systems (KRS), [1] is the administrator of defined-benefit pension and insurance plans for most of Kentucky's state and county employees and retirees.
Directors and officers of non-profits owe a fiduciary duty to the non-profit and its beneficiaries similar to the duties owed by directors and officers of for-profit corporations. [6] Non-profits can have vicarious liability for injuries caused by their employees or volunteers to third parties, such as by traffic accidents.
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which was upheld in United States v. Darby Lumber Co. , [ 4 ] was later amended to remove state exemptions pertaining to employees of state institutions. The FLSA imposed on all public employers certain minimum wage standards and maximum work hours limitations.
The bill has drawn the opposition of organized labor groups and others, including an employment law attorney. Federal law does not require employers to offer lunch or rest breaks, and Pratt said ...
In 1974, Congress amended the National Labor Relations Act to protect employees of non-profit hospitals and allow the board to adjudicate their claims. The 1935 Wagner Act had protected non-profit hospital workers, but the Taft–Hartley Act removed those protections in 1947.
House Bill 136 extends that protection to Jefferson County, the only place in Kentucky where a separate air pollution control district, rather than the state, actively regulates air quality and ...
The Worker Standards Board, Wage Board or Industry Committee aims to improve wages and working conditions for all workers within a specific industry. [1] When implemented along with other regional labor policies, such as paid family leave, [2] the Worker Standards Board is a useful alternative or supplement to a collective bargaining agreement and a formal labor union, when the situation does ...