Posts tagged Section 7(r).
A recent settlement emphasizes that employers must be sure they are prepared to respond appropriately to a nursing mother's request for breaks to express breastmilk.
Breaks, Government Enforcement, RetaliationTags: 207(r), 29 U.S.C. 207(r), 7(r), breast milk, breastmilk, FLSA Section 7(r) requirements, lactation, Section 207(r), Section 7(r), Section207(r) The U.S. Labor Department reports that a temporary-staffing employee has received $1,152 in back-wages and unspecified "other damages" for what it contended was a violation of the FLSA's Section 7(r).
Breaks, Government Enforcement, Remedies, Settlements, RetaliationTags: Fair Labor Standards Act, break, breaktime, breastmilk, break time, breast milk, nursing, 7(r), 29 U.S.C. 207(r), Section 7(r), Section 207(r), 207(r), interpretations, PPACA, ACA, Affordable Care Act, FLSA Section 7(r) requirements, lactation Prudent employers will consider ahead of time how they plan to respond when an employee invokes the FLSA's nursing-mother break requirement.
Breaks, Enforcement, Government EnforcementTags: FLSA, Fair Labor Standards Act, break, breaktime, breastmilk, break time, breast milk, lactation, nursing, 7(r), 29 U.S.C. 207(r), Section 7(r), Section 207(r), Section 4207, 207(r), interpretations, PPACA, ACA, Affordable Care Act The U.S. Labor Department has recently given us information relating to its enforcement of the FLSA requirement to grant breaktime to an employee for the purpose of expressing breastmilk for her nursing child.
Breaks, Government EnforcementTags: FLSA, Fair Labor Standards Act, break, breaktime, breastmilk, lactation, nursing, 7(r), 29 U.S.C. 207(r), Section 7(r), Section 207(r), Section 4207, interpretations, PPACA, ACA A federal court has ruled that an employee could not enforce the FLSA's Section 7(r) in a lawsuit.
Breaks, Enforcement, Government Enforcement, Legislation, Litigation, RetaliationTags: break, breaktime, breastmilk, lactation, nursing, 7(r), 207(r), Section 7(r), Section 4207, FLSA, Fair Labor Standards Act, PPACA, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Salz, Casey's Marketing Company, zz Interpretations proposed by many commenters would place employers in yet another legal minefield.
Breaks, Compliance, Enforcement, Government Enforcement, Hours WorkedTags: break, breaktime, breastmilk, lactation, nursing, 7(r), Section 7(r), Section 207(r), Section 4207, interpretations, zz, FLSA Section 7(r) requirements The U.S. Labor Department has now published "preliminary interpretations" and a request for information regarding this year's federal Fair Labor Standards Act lactation-break amendment.
Breaks, Compliance, Enforcement, Government Enforcement, Hours WorkedTags: break, breaktime, breastmilk, lactation, nursing, 7(r), Section 7(r), Section 207(r), Section 4207, zz, FLSA Section 7(r) requirements The U.S. Labor Department has released its general views about the meaning of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act's new lactation-break requirement.
Breaks, Enforcement, Government Enforcement, Hours Worked, LegislationTags: break, breaktime, breastmilk, lactation, nursing, Section 7(r), 7(r), Section 207(r), Section 4207, zz, FLSA Section 7(r) requirements The federal Fair Labor Standards Act now requires covered employers to grant breaktime to a worker for the purpose of expressing breastmilk for a nursing child.
Breaks, Enforcement, Government Enforcement, Hours Worked, Legislation, Retaliation, TimekeepingTags: Fair Labor Standards Act, break, breaktime, breastmilk, lactation, nursing, 7(r), Section 7(r), Section207(r), Section 4207, zz