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Business owner beware: FLSA compliance and personal liability

Insperity

In fact, when considering lawsuits about back wages, the federal government has the authority to deem a business owner an “employer” if certain criteria are present under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Supervision and control of work schedules. As a good rule of thumb, you could be deemed an employer if you have: 1.

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The Patient-Enemy: How Derrida Helps Explain Psychiatry’s Cruelty and Care

Mad in America

One of the most important customs across all cultures is the sharing of meals; and, as such, one of the most disrespectful behaviors a foreigner can exhibit is to spit out the food that his host serves him. But food was not shared with her. Let us then interpret psychiatric medication as a quasi-meal. She was just there.

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free food at work, weird phone call from a recruiter, and more

Ask a Manager

Free food at work. The position would have been a huge increase in salary as well as title, but the job duties are the same as I am doing in my current position with the exception of having a small team to supervise. It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go…. What are the general rules around utilizing these perks?

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Enlarging the Treatment Lens for Postpartum Depression

Mad in America

Additionally, since the mother must receive the drug under medical supervision for a period of 60 hours, she cannot function as the primary caregiver for her infant. The fourth area is nourishment because good nutrition and an adequate amount of food is essential for both recovery and the new demands of motherhood.

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telling a rude candidate we’ll never interview him, someone is going through my trash, and more

Ask a Manager

For some background, I am a project manager on a contract with a government agency and I have several direct reports. The government employee who supervises our contract has asked me to discipline a contract employee by cutting their telework privileges significantly due to some performance issues.

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deli meats and working lunches, internal candidates need not apply, and more

Ask a Manager

I’m not a huge fan of sandwiches, but hey, free food and networking, so I always eat them. For the meetings that go through lunch, there really isn’t time to go get food on my own. Can you talk to whoever’s in charge of food for these meetings and just ask that they include a sandwich that you could eat?

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Reimagining Crisis Support: A Conversation with Tina Minkowitz

Mad in America

Article 19 is important, because what happens is that instead of maintaining their home, maintaining their independent life in the community, the psychiatric system forcibly removes people from their environment and locks them up.

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