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New York Farmworkers Say They Are Stiffed on Overtime - Capital and Main
New York farmworkers and their advocates say that their employers are using loopholes to avoid paying overtime as required under a recent overhaul of state labor law. Three years ago, New York st...
Read moreLoophole Lets DOL Install Wage Chief While Nomination Is Pending | Stanford Law School - Stanford Law School
Author(s): Rainey, Rebecca Source: Bloomberg Law Related Person(s): Summary The maneuver, while legal, dances around the intent of the Federal Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, which was pass...
Read moreLoophole Lets DOL Install Wage Chief While Nomination Is Pending - Bloomberg Law
Courts split on legality of arrangement Situation underscores need for reform, some say A law aimed at checking the executive branch’s ability to install temporary leaders at federal agencies w...
Read moreNew Congressional Bill Would Create Hybrid Job Classification for Gig Workers – But is Already Facing Stiff Opposition - JD Supra
Answering industry calls for a 21st-century solution to a 21st-century problem, a bipartisan group of federal lawmakers recently introduced a bill in Congress that would create a hybrid job class...
Read moreWhistleblower 'let down and disappointed' with new protected disclosure legislation - Irish Examiner
New whistleblower legislation will not protect many who have already made protected disclosures, a former prison guard turned whistleblower said. Noel McGree, who made a number of protected disc...
Read moreMaryland's Wage Law Can Cover Travel Required by Employer, Court Finds - Insurance Journal
You can now listen to Insurance Journal articles! Maryland’s wage and hour law may extend beyond the time an employee spends at a prescribed workspace to include time spent getting to the work s...
Read moreFederal lawsuit alleges two Kansas restaurants violated wage laws - The Hutchinson News
The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a suit in federal court in Wichita against the owners of Mr. Cao’s restaurant in Hutchinson and Daimaru Steakhouse in Salina for alleged violations of the ...
Read moreCourt of Appeal agrees with Employment Appeal Tribunal approach to whistleblowing claim - Lexology
In Kong v. Gulf International Bank (UK) Ltd,the Court of Appeal (CA) has upheld an Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) decision that it is possible to separate conduct related to a protected disclos...
Read moreWhen whistleblowers go to prison, we're on the road to tyranny - Salon
MARION, Illinois — Daniel Hale, dressed in a khaki uniform, his hair cut short and sporting a long, neatly groomed brown beard, is seated behind a plexiglass screen, speaking into a telephone rec...
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Delhi Police denies house arrest of Deepender Hooda, warns against spreading false claims - The News Mill
Delhi Police has rejected allegations that Congress leader Deepender Hooda or any other politician has been placed under house arrest, describing the reports as misleading and baseless. The police...