Archive for April 2021

In late February 2021, Sen. Katrina Shealy introduced a joint resolution in the South Carolina statehouse to bar the usage of Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) when dealing with the question of pay for disabled workers. Passed in 1938, Sec. 14(c) allows employers who have obtained proper certification from the U.S.…

People in the United States are raised to believe that discrimination is always illegal. But can employment discrimination ever be legal? There are certain situations in which an employer can legally discriminate against a certain type of person or people with a certain characteristic. At its heart, a form of discrimination is only illegal if…