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No End in Sight To Wage-And-Hour Class Actions, Law Firm Reports
15/02/2013 Comments Off on No End in Sight To Wage-And-Hour Class Actions, Law Firm Reports
Wage-and-hour litigation remains the fastest-growing area of employment litigation, according to the law firm Crowell & Moring. According to a 2011 NERA Economic Consulting study, employers paid an average of $5.8 million to settle a wage-and-hour case. There is some evidence that such settlement amounts have declined somewhat in recent years. However, the average employer […]
Continue reading …DOL Fact Sheet 13 Employment Relationship Under The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
14/02/2013 Comments Off on DOL Fact Sheet 13 Employment Relationship Under The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
DOL Fact Sheet 13 Employment Relationship Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) This fact sheet provides general information concerning the meaning of “employment relationship” and the significance of that determination in applying provisions of the FLSA. FLSA Characteristics An employment relationship under the FLSA must be distinguished from a strictly contractual one. Such a […]
Continue reading …OSHA Fines Bacardi $192,000 After Temp Worker Killed On First Day
14/02/2013 Comments Off on OSHA Fines Bacardi $192,000 After Temp Worker Killed On First Day
Lawrence Daquan “Day” Davis’ first day as a temp worker at Bacardi Bottling Corp. in Jacksonville, Fla., turned out to be his last day on Earth. Davis, 21, was crushed to death by a palletizer machine at the Jacksonville Bacardi facility in August 2012. Davis was cleaning glass from under the hoist of a palletizing […]
Continue reading …DOL Wins $1.3 Million In Back Wages For 14,500 kgb USA Workers
14/02/2013 Comments Off on DOL Wins $1.3 Million In Back Wages For 14,500 kgb USA Workers
Thousands of home workers employed by kgb USA were misclassified as independent contractors and and paid less than minimum wage, a federal judge ruled. A federal judge ordered kgb USA Inc., the world’s largest independent provider of directory assistance and enhanced information services, to pay $1.3 million in minimum wage compensation to 14,568 current and […]
Continue reading …Silicon Valley Employer Bloom Energy Cheated Workers From Mexico
13/02/2013 Comments Off on Silicon Valley Employer Bloom Energy Cheated Workers From Mexico
Clean power generation equipment maker Bloom Energy was caught cheating workers it imported from Mexico to Silicon Valley, paying them far below minimum wage. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Bloom Energy Corp. has been ordered to pay $31,922 in back wages and an equal amount in damages to 14 workers that the company imported from Chihuahua, Mexico, to […]
Continue reading …Court Rules Kansas Strippers Entitled To Unemployment Benefits
12/02/2013 Comments Off on Court Rules Kansas Strippers Entitled To Unemployment Benefits
It’s the law: Strippers in Kansas are entitled to unemployment benefits. In a labor law case that took eight years to dance its way through the state legal system, the Kansas Supreme Court ruled that strippers are employees and are entitled to unemployment insurance. Siding with the state Department of Labor, the Kansas Supreme Court […]
Continue reading …FMLA 20th Anniversary: New FMLA Military And Airline Crew Benefits
08/02/2013 Comments Off on FMLA 20th Anniversary: New FMLA Military And Airline Crew Benefits
The U.S. Department of Labor today marked the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Family and Medical Leave Act by issuing a final rule implementing two important expansions of FMLA protections. The first expansion provides families of eligible veterans with the same job-protected FMLA leave currently available to families of military service members and […]
Continue reading …20th Anniversary: FMLA Benefits American Workers And Their Families
08/02/2013 Comments Off on 20th Anniversary: FMLA Benefits American Workers And Their Families
To mark the 20th anniversary of the signing of the landmark Family and Medical Leave Act, (FMLA) the U.S. Department of Labor today released the results of a survey on its use and impact. The survey “Family and Medical Leave Act in 2012: Final Report,” shows that the law has had a positive effect on […]
Continue reading …Abusive Boss? How To Deal With An SOB Abusive Boss
08/02/2013 Comments Off on Abusive Boss? How To Deal With An SOB Abusive Boss
Are you one of the many workers who has been or may become subject to abusive bosses at some point in their working lives? HR studies reveal that a half or more of all workers may be subject to abusive bosses during their careers.[1] That is more than 65 million workers, a huge number that […]
Continue reading …North Carolina Law Shields Walmart In Greeter Death Suit
07/02/2013 Comments Off on North Carolina Law Shields Walmart In Greeter Death Suit
For Rochelle Boswell Pender working as a Walmart store greeter gave her reason to live. It turned out to be a killer job. Pender, 71, died in 2011 after a Walmart loss-control employee and an alleged shoplifter fleeing the store collided with her. Pender was seriously hurt, dying of a head injury. Now a North […]
Continue reading …- Celebrating the Resilience of Low-Income Women
- CEOs Get to Retire Comfortably. Workers Like Me Deserve the Same.
- Jobs Increased 339,000 In May, Unemployment Up 0.3% To 3.7%
- The decline of job creation at new establishments
- Contractor faces 2 serious citations after US Department of Labor finds safety failures led to welder’s death at Bonner Bridge demolition project
- Investigation into worker’s severe arm injury finds Cusseta auto parts manufacturer, supplier willfully ignored safety precautions
- ‘It’s a sweat factory’: Instacart workers ready to strike for pay and conditions
- Ships backed up outside US ports pumping out pollutants as they idle
- Privacy fears as Moscow metro rolls out facial recognition pay system
- ‘We are not machines’: Hollywood workers poised to strike for better conditions
- Boeing pilot indicted for allegedly deceiving US regulators over 737 Max
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Ipswich apprentice butcher encourages others to consider industry
- Over 10,000 John Deere workers strike over ‘years’ of poor treatment
- Corporations are pledging to be ‘water positive’. What does that mean?
- US Department of Labor investigation of crane collapse, double fatality on Interstate 10 finds Lufkin company failed to assemble crane properly
- For the 6th time in 7 years, federal inspectors find Illinois contractor putting construction workers at risk of industry’s deadliest hazard
- US Department of Labor proposes $83K in fines to healthcare facility for failing to protect workers from coronavirus hazards
- Facebook says it will do more to prevent online hate, harassment
- As U.S. prepares to reopen border, some urge Canada to relax testing requirement
- Biden orders companies to ease supply chain bottlenecks or he’ll ‘call them out’
- What is the ‘new model’ the EU is proposing for Northern Ireland?
- Apple to make 10 million fewer iPhones due to microchip shortage
- US Department of Labor, Mexican Consulate in Boston enter alliance to promote workplace safety, health among New England’s workers
- US Department of Labor sues Austin luxury car dealer that retaliated against employee who raised concerns of coronavirus hazards
- Vaccine hesitant New Yorkers consider leaving the city as mandates take effect
- Carbon emissions ‘will drop just 40% by 2050 with countries’ current pledges’
- House passes bill to raise US debt ceiling through early December
- ‘The stakes couldn’t be higher’: GE urged to invest in green US jobs
- Zellers returns — kind of — but the lowest price isn't quite the law
- Cement makers across world pledge large cut in emissions by 2030
- India faces electricity crisis as coal supplies run critically low
- California justice department to investigate enormous oil spill