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Employees Who Make Oral Complaints Are Protected from Retaliation Under the Fair Labor Standards Act

March 25, 2011

By: Daniel B. Gilmore

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on March 22 that the Fair Labor Standards Act's prohibition against retaliation protects employees who make oral complaints about practices prohibited by the FLSA as well as employees who make written complaints.

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