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Wal-Mart to Pay $4.8M in Back Wages for Fair Labor Standards Act Violations
The Labor Department said under terms of the settlement, Wal-Mart has agreed to pay all back wages the department determined are owed for violations in addition to paying liquidated damages to the employees and a penalty to the department.
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Employers Struggle to Control Wage-and-Hour Litigation
Employers can minimize the chances of litigation by taking steps that include periodic audits to determine whether employees are being properly classified, as well as careful record-keeping.
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Lawsuits Put the Spotlight on Hiring of Interns
High-profile media outlets are targeted by class-action lawsuits as questions of pay and hours draw attention.
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Staffing Firm to Pay $148,000 in Pregnancy Suit
The lawsuit alleged HCS owner Charles Sisson discriminated against Roxy Leger, the company's bookkeeper, when he made offensive comments about her pregnancy and fired her because she needed to take maternity leave following the birth of her son, according to the EEOC.
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To Email or Not to Email?
Limiting an employee's digital access can decrease an employer's legal liability, attorney Jennifer F. DiMarco writes.
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Novartis Agrees to $99M Settlement in Sales Rep Wage Dispute
The $99 million settlement resolves the wage-and-hour claims brought in 2006, as well as additional wage-and-hour claims covering a more recent time period, according to the joint announcement by Novartis and Sanford Wittels.
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Class of 2011 Salaries Rise 2.3%
The average starting salary for those with bachelor’s degrees in the class of 2011 was $41,701, up 2.3 percent from the class of 2010, according to the winter 2012 Salary Survey report published by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
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Lady Gaga's Ex-Personal Assistant Sues Pop Star for Overtime Pay
Jennifer L. O'Neill said her annual salary was $75,000, but she was not paid overtime for working more than 40 hours a week. She said she was on duty 24 hours a day.
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Apple and Foxconn: Beginning to See the Light
In remarkable moves, Apple and its major supplier Foxconn recently gave into public demands for better treatment of the workers who assemble electronic gadgets in China.
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Financial Rewards of International Operations Comes With Potential Employment Costs
The hiring and firing of employees at will, setting working hours, requiring employees to agree to noncompete agreements and even deciding whether to offer health care, vacation or maternity benefits are areas in which American employers enjoy a great deal of latitude, with relatively little ...
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Grads Snag Highest Wages Among Securities Firms
Securities employers paid grads an average starting salary of $58,571. Overall, they provided 42,000 jobs to the Class of 2011.
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Average Tech Pay in Silicon Valley Tops $100,000
For the U.S. as a whole, technology workers reported their average annual wage rose to $81,327 in 2011 from $79,384 in 2010, according to a survey by Dice.
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State Law Favored Over Feds in Overtime Case
When involved in overtime claims based in state law, employers must initially review applicable state statutes and regulations before relying on federal tests, especially when in California.
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Study: Wage Bill Would Benefit 1M New Yorkers
The study found that 880,100 New York employees earn less than $8.50 an hour. About 352,000 of those are in New York City, about 40 percent of the state total. In the city, 92 percent of those workers are at least 20 years of age.
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Wage and hour
… him away for the entire weekend. Should he be exempt from overtime? Could Wage and Hour investigate and take his wages and hours work and determine he is making less than minimum? Do I have a problem?
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Software to Follow Rules and Boost Results
… regulatory enforcement and the threat of lawsuits, according to experts. Topping the list of worries are disputes over wages and hours , often revolving around the proper classification of workers. Ensuring correct worker classification by employers …
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Allstate Agents Group OKs Link With AFL-CIO Union
That status wouldn’t give the group collective bargaining rights with Northbrook, Illinois-based Allstate Corp., which classifies its 12,000 agents as independent contractors.
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Ford to Add, Retain 12,000 Jobs With New UAW Agreement
The automaker plans to insource manufacturing work from Mexico, Japan and China. The 12,000 new or retained jobs include 5,000 previously announced positions, Ford said.
