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2010.07.23: Amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act have Significant Ramifications to Employees Claiming Workers' Compensation Injuries and Medical Restrictions
2010.07.11: Florida District Court of Appeal Holds That Violation of Company Policy Not Sufficient to Deny Unemployment Compensation Benefits
2010.06.20: Being Fired After Filing a Workers' Compensation Claim May Constitute Illegal Retaliation under Florida Law
2010.06.12: Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit Settled by Hilton
2010.06.05: Preliminary Tasks Such as Putting on and Taking Off Uniforms Must be Compensated Under the Fair Labor Standards Act
2010.05.26: Student Interns Must Be Paid Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay
2010.05.23: Department of Labor Opinion Holds that Mortgage Loan Officers Are Not Exempt and Must be Paid Minimum Wage and Overtime Compensation
2010.05.18: Failure to Pay Minimum Wage is Still a Problem According to U.S. Department of Labor
2010.05.07: Miami-Dade County Wage Theft Ordinance Requires Workers to Be Paid No More 14 Days After They Perform the Work
2010.04.30: Even Well-Intentioned Comments and Conduct May Constitute Pregnancy Discrimination
2010.04.26: A Substantial Reduction in Hours May Constitute Good Cause for an Employee to Voluntarily Quit and Still Collect Unemployment Compensation Benefits
2010.04.24: Gas Station Attendants to Receive Nearly $4 Million in Unpaid Overtime Wages and Liquidated Damages Based on "Just and Reasonable Inference" of Hours Worked
2010.04.22: Sonic Drive-In Restaurant Settles Sexual Discrimination Lawsuit for $70,000
2010.04.18: New Health Care Reform Law Requires Employers to Provide Reasonable Breaks for Nursing Mothers
2010.03.07: Failure to Pay the Required Minimum Wage and Overtime Compensation Still Rampant in Many Parts of the U.S.
2010.03.06: States Try to Curb Credit Checks for Job Applicants as Illegal Discrimination
2010.02.20: Untimely Appeal of Florida Unemployment Compensation Decision May be Waived in Certain Cases for Good Cause Shown
2010.01.10: Many Employer Deductions from Wages are Illegal if such Deductions reduce an Employee's Wages to Below the Minimum Wage
2009.12.13: Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace Occurs Frequently, But Excessive Absences Due to the Pregnancy Could Justify Discharge of the Employee
2009.12.06: Department of Labor Found that Florida Automobile Dealership Violated Wage and Hour Laws and Required Back Wages to be Paid
2009.11.27: Florida False Claims Act may be a Remedy for Employees that are Faced with Doing the Employer's Bad Deeds
2009.11.14: Florida Courts Hold that Waiting Time is Compensable if Spent Primarily for the Benefit of the Employer Even if the Employee Does Nothing
2009.10.28: Florida Court of Appeals Holds that an Employee Who Voluntarily Quits her Job May Still Receive Unemployment Compensation Benefits
2009.10.11: Court Holds that "Mere Flirting" in the Workplace is Fine; Sexual Harassment Must be Pervasive in Order to be Illegal
2009.10.06: Uncorrected Vision Requirements May Constitute a Violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act under the New Proposed Regulations
2009.10.03: Florida Court Holds that Sexually-Based Vulgarities and Comments May Constitute Sexual Harassment Even if not Directed at Any Specific Employee
2009.09.29: A Disabled Employee Must Identify the Reasonable Accommodation Being Requested and Ought to Provide Alternative Suggestions
2009.09.26: Florida's Requirement that Food Service and Hotel Workers Must be free of HIV/AIDS may be a Violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act
2009.09.18: Rejecting Job Applicants Because of Their Credit Report May Constitute Illegal Discrimination
2009.09.15: Unemployment Compensation Cannot be Denied due to Employee Negligence
2009.09.10: Employees who feel that they are being Subjected to a Hostile Work Environment Must Take Advantage of the EEO Procedures Implemented by Employer
2009.09.04: South Florida Court holds that Domestic Employees are Entitled to be Paid Minimum Wage for all Hours that they Work
2009.08.26: Florida Employers Must Provide a Reasonable Accommodation to a Known Disability
2009.08.15: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome May Qualify as a Disability
2009.07.28: Florida Employers that Claim an Employee is an Independent Contractor may be Violating the Law
2009.07.21: Florida's Whistleblower Law Requires Strict Compliance with Requirements
2009.07.16: South Florida Overtime Cases Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Being Appealed
2009.07.14: Undocumented Illegal Immigrants are Entitled to Overtime Compensation
2009.07.12: Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Settled by EEOC
2009.07.10: Wage and Hour Enforcement will be a Priority
2009.07.08: Florida Employment Harassment Case against Nordstrom Stores Settles
2009.07.05: Overtime Compensation payable to Store Managers under the FLSA

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Jul 23, 10 09:13 AM Amendments to the Americans with Disabilities Act have Significant Ramifications to Employees Claiming Workers' Compensation Injuries and Medical Restrictions Employees who are injured on the job and placed on lifting or other restrictions may...

Jul 11, 10 12:44 PM Florida District Court of Appeal Holds That Violation of Company Policy Not Sufficient to Deny Unemployment Compensation Benefits I am very happy to report that we prevailed last week on an unemployment compensation...

Jun 20, 10 10:04 AM Being Fired After Filing a Workers' Compensation Claim May Constitute Illegal Retaliation under Florida Law We are seeing many situations in our Miami office where an employee who gets injured...

Jun 12, 10 10:10 PM Pregnancy Discrimination Lawsuit Settled by Hilton The Miami office of the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) reported last week that...

Jun 5, 10 08:24 PM Preliminary Tasks Such as Putting on and Taking Off Uniforms Must be Compensated Under the Fair Labor Standards Act Many employees have asked us whether the law requires them to be paid for the...

May 26, 10 11:33 PM Student Interns Must Be Paid Minimum Wage and Overtime Pay Now that summer is coming, many clients that come into our Miami office have asked...

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