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In the spring of this year the Supreme Court ruled that verbal complaints concerning violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) are covered under the protection from retaliation tenets of the Act first passed in 1938. Employers are now more broadly accountable for compliance with the FLSA.
 
 
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Dave S Morse
Oct. 9, 2011 9:37 pm by Dave S Morse
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