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National Labor Relations Board extends Weingarten rights to non-union employees By Bruce C. Beal Labor and Employment Law, February 2003 The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), in a three-to-two vote, extended the Weingarten rule to non-union workers.

Drafting an effective release under the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act By Bruce C. Beal Labor and Employment Law, May 2002 The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (29 USC 621) ("ADEA") was amended by the Older Workers Benefit Protection Act ("Act") in 1990 in response to the Supreme Court decision in Public Employee's Retirement System of Ohio v. Betts, 109 S. Ct. 256 (1989).

Fair Labor Standards Act: Is your supervisor really exempt? By Bruce C. Beal Labor and Employment Law, December 2000 Generally speaking, the Fair Labor Standards Act requires that you pay all employees overtime for any work in excess of forty hours in a workweek. Overtime is to be paid at the rate of one and one-half times the straight hourly rate for the employee working.

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