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Privacy - Personnel Files - Redress for Privacy Violations

There are many instances in which an employer may share information about an employee with a third party. Employers regularly, for example, disclose information about their employees to other employers, unions, and law-enforcement agencies. They...

Collective Bargaining and the

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Congress passed the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) to protect disabled workers from unfair discrimination on the basis of their disabilities....

Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor

Background

Created in 1938 by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) was first tasked with administering and enforcing the FLSA. Since that time, the WHD has acquired oversight of a...

Remedies Available under the

Remedies Available Under The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

Background

Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), it is illegal for most employers with 15...

Employee Benefit Plans

For a group health plan, the administrator must provide a summary of material reductions in covered services or benefits within 60 days of the adoption of the change in coverage. When group health coverage commences, participants must be given...