This document discusses various employment law topics including how to avoid misclassifying workers, exemptions under the Fair Labor Standards Act, retaliation claims, discrimination decisionmakers, wage and hour complaints, whistleblowers, the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act, the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, private information in the employment context, and using social media to screen applicants and monitor employees. The document provides legal cases and pointers on complying with these employment laws.

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2. How do I avoid misclassifying personnel as independent contractors?

4. How do I avoid misclassifying personnel as exempt under the FLSA?

7. How do I avoid a retaliation claim (and who can bring such a claim)?

9. Who is the decisionmaker for Title VII discrimination claims?

11. Is there such a thing as an “informal” wage and hour complaint?

13. What makes someone a Whistleblower?

15. Who is not disabled under the ADAAA?

17. What should an employer do to comply with GINA?

19. What sort of information is private information in the employer/employee context? In other words, what belongs to the employee vs. what sort of information can the employer access and act upon?

21. How do I approach what applicants or my employees do on facebook, twitter, etc.?