Although identified as one of the fastest-growing occupations in the United States, home health care aides are among the lowest paid. As both the number of aging citizens and the...
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The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) allows employers to pay certain overtime “exempt” employees a salary without overtime. However, some salaried workers are not “exempt” and are eligible for...
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The federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) defines a “day rate” (sometimes referred to as a “job rate”) as when an employee is paid a flat sum for a day’s...
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Independent contractors are increasing in number every year. The changes that are going on in the workplace have facilitated this change. Employers often wrongly classify workers as independent contractors to...
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The vast majority of a fatal car or motorcycle accident stories we hear involve a driver who was intoxicated, distracted or otherwise at fault, but not all crashes are due…
According to the FDA, “Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are a class of prescription medicines that are often prescribed in combination with diet and exercise for adults with Type 2 Diabetes…
There are over 100,000 businesses employing over 2 million home care workers that provide home care to the elderly, infirm and severely injured or disabled. Since 1975, home health workers…
In the interest of living healthier, more natural lives, many Americans are turning to locally grown foods or foods which have not been commercially processed. In many cases, this is…
On January 30, a California jury awarded $2.6 million to a man who claims to have lost 60% of his lung capacity after being exposed to a food flavoring chemical…
Recently, multiple parties have alleged that antibacterial agents commonly found in soaps, hand sanitizers, and cleaning products could be causing more than harm than good. Now, a study finds that…
