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When Your Boss Steals Your Wages: The Invisible Trend That’s Sweeping America
Sunday, 28 April 2013 10:18By Lynn Parramore, AlterNet | Report (Image: Money in hand via Shutterstock)Truthout doesn’t take corporate funding – this lets us do the brave, independent reporting that makes us unique. Please support this work by making a tax-deductible donation today … Continue reading
Tags: employment attorneys, employment law, employment lawsuit, Employment lawyers, hourly wage, labor law, overtime, overtime lawyers, overtime pay, overtime pay entitlement, overtime pay law, overtime pay regulations, state minimum wage, unpaid wages, wage and hour, wage and hour law, wage theft, who gets overtime pay, who is entitled for overtime pay
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One-Third Reduction of Pay May Be Constructive Discharge
Recently, in Berkely S. Scott v. Harris Interactive, Inc., No. 12-1414-cv, the Second Circuit reversed a district court finding that the reduction of an employee’s salary by one third could not as a matter of law constitute constructive discharge or … Continue reading
Tags: Constructive Discharge, Constructive Dismissal, employment, employment agreement, employment contract, employment law, New York Labor Law, Severance, Severance Benefits
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Food Does Not Constitute Wages Under the FLSA
The Northern District of Mississippi recently ruled in Newsom, et al., v. Carolina Logistics Services, Inc., No. 2:11-CV-00172, that food does not constitute wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) in granting partial summary judgment in plaintiffs’ favor. Plaintiff Cedric … Continue reading
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