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Years ago, young people went to school, earned their high school diploma or college degree, and then went to work. After high school or college graduation, most adults never again set foot in a classroom. They worked their way up the corporate or blue-collar ladder for forty years and then retired. The skills they needed to learn they got on the job.
No longer! Today, there are more adults than traditional students enrolled in higher education. Even people approaching retirement age are taking adult education courses, earning degrees online, or brushing up on skills at technical centers. Businesspeople can be found earning their MBAs, nurses are adding to their skill set, and IT specialists are flocking to technical schools to earn higher certifications.
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The Roosevelt administration’s anti-business policies made it harder for employers to hire workers and made the economy worse during the Great Depression.

In the midst of the Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed two significant bills into law that were intended to boost employment. These were the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) of 1935 and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938. However these laws, among others, ultimately caused higher unemployment and delayed economic recovery.
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Keep your employees happy and your program running smoothly with these eight ideas for supervising youth workers.
Youth workers rely on their supervisors for support, structure, information, and guidance. How can you be sure you are providing your team with what they need to be successful?

Set Clear and Fair Expectations
Make sure people understand the expectations and limitations of their roles. This will avoid a lot of confusion and wasted time. Don’t play favorites; that’s the quickest way to cause resentful feelings and dissention in your staff. All workers must be held to the same set of standards.
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Minimum wage is the least dollar amount that employers must pay to nonexempt employees per hour, as mandated by local, state or Federal law. Employers may pay employees by some other method than hourly, such as by piecework or commission. But, in any case, the dollar amount that eligible employees earn, divided by the hours that they worked, must equal at least the current minimum wage rate.

Generally, the current minimum wage rate for eligible employees under Federal law is $7.25 per hour (effective July 24, 2009). Special eligibility rules for the Federal minimum wage regarding age, tips and commissions are briefly explained below.
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Telecommuting is an effective way for people with the entrepreneurial spirit to test the waters before they launch out and become a full-time at home worker.

In 2004, according to the United States Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), over 20 million American adults, people aged 16 years and older, worked at home “as part of their primary job.” These people worked at home at least one day a week as part of their primary job. In 2004, they made up about 15% of all workers employed in nonagricultural jobs.
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