The American justice system is full of heros and one of them is an 11 year old Trevor Dennis who will take on the Coleman company in a jury trial on Monday. His family was using a Coleman heater when it caused a fire in their tent and he was horrifically burned. ...
Continue readingIn a release by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, the first ever oral medication specifically for MS has been released. Fampridine-SR is for those who have difficulty walking when dealing with MS....
Continue readingIf you have disability coverage, you want to buy a rider that adjusts your policy for inflation or an option called future purchase option. This allows you to buy more coverage as your salary rises. ...
Continue readingThe Fair Labor and Standards Act (FLSA) requires employees who work overtime to be paid for the additional work they have done beyond the standard 40 hour work week. Even though this law is supposed to make things standard across the country so all employees are treated fairly, some employers routinely "cheat" their employees out of overtime pay, even if they do it unintentionally. ...
Continue readingThe Defendants argued that the order should be reconsidered because N&D is not an enterprise covered by the FLSA and therefore the relevant overtime and record keeping provisions are not applicable to it. The relevant definition of an enterprise covered by the FLSA is set forth in section 203...
Continue readingAccording to the U.S Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, District court has “inherent powers to supervise conduct of lawyers who come before it, and in exercising those powers, a court need not free a client from acts of client's lawyers, especially when (sic) said client is aware of or directs those acts.”...
Continue readingLabor Department regulations say an employee must perform duties directly related to the operation of a business, which is distinguished from “working on a manufacturing production line or selling a product in a retail or service establishment.” If your company has not reviewed its employee classifications lately, you should perform an audit to ensure each employee has been appropriately classified, especially if any reduction in force has occurred....
Continue readingBuying the right policy for you can be a trying and difficult task. There are many different factors in policies to consider and you can make the wrong choice because you don't understand the correct variables or contractional language. ...
Continue readingThe Honorable Judge Kenneth L. Ryskamp, of the Federal District Court for the District of South Florida recused himself after the attorney for Michael Guttentag filed a Motion for Judicial Disqualification and Recusal. In the Guttentag vs. Abercrombie &Fitch Stores, Inc. case, Mr. Guttentag’s attorney cited to the Judges statements in prior cases referring to all Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) claims as a “Nuisance.” The motion also highlighted language from previous orders written by the judge referring to Fair Labor Standards Act cases as “just a lawyer’s retirement bill.”...
Continue readingA new medical study, funded by FEMA to determine if first responders are at risk of suffering sudden death or other cardiac events, has found that firefighters have cardiac disease more frequently than the U.S. population....
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