She advises on
employee wage and benefits, corporate ethics and compliance, risk management programs, trademark and copyright law, and licensing agreements.
Prevailing wage laws require city contractors to pay
their employees the wage and benefit rate set annually by the Comptroller on city public works projects, such as renovating public schools, or cleaning city office buildings.
Not exact matches
A prime reason they do this is that they don't really have to hire anyone, instead they use an army of so - called 1099
employees, who work for an hourly
wage, with no
benefits and very few of the legal protections that full - time
employees typically get.
Think outside the standard
wage and benefits box you provide to your
employees.
First, according to the Court, the state's interest in securing
wage and hour
benefits afforded to
employees outweighed any personal choice.
Total compensation per
employee consists of many different elements, including not only negotiated / imposed
wage settlements, bracket creep (
employees moving up within their pay range), composition of employment (professional vs clerical), pay equity, pension
and other future
employee benefit costs driven in part by market conditions, Canada
and Quebec Pension Plan contributions (which increase by the annual increase in the industrial
wage), among others.
Uber cuts prices relentlessly
and has fought tooth
and nail in court to avoid classifying its drivers as
employees, a status that confers both minimum -
wage protection
and benefits.
The 2017 Health
and Workplace
Benefits Survey recently completed by the Employee Benefit Research Institute and Greenwald & Associates finds that 44 percent of employees would give up a wage increase for increased work - life balance benefits like paid time off or teleco
Benefits Survey recently completed by the
Employee Benefit Research Institute
and Greenwald & Associates finds that 44 percent of
employees would give up a
wage increase for increased work - life balance
benefits like paid time off or teleco
benefits like paid time off or telecommuting.
By doing so, the IRS hopes to stop companies that attempt to evade minimum
wage laws
and avoid paying
employee benefits.
They include value - added tax hikes, lower jobless
benefits,
wage cuts for state
employees and billions of euros in savings from local government reforms.
For the last hundred years people thought the war was simply between employers
and employees over workplace conditions,
wage levels
and benefits.
The proposal called for Loblaw to review the feasibility, cost
and benefits of implementing a living
wage policy for its
employees, suppliers
and contractors.
It's my understanding that Starbucks pays their
employees a good
wage and benefits.
Instead, the
employees will keep their pension plan,
and have won significant
wage increases, improvements in health
and other
benefits,
and additional rights
and protections including new anti-discrimination provisions
and the installation of a «panic button» system which will protect the safety of
employees from harassment
and assault.
a disaggregation of jobs within each industry at the job site
and whether
employees are earning a living
wage or receiving health
benefits;
Benefits will be phased - in beginning in 2018 at 50 percent of an
employee's average weekly
wage, capped to 50 percent of the statewide average weekly
wage,
and fully implemented in 2021 at 67 percent of their average weekly
wage, capped to 67 percent of the statewide average weekly
wage.
State
employees would receive no general
wage increases for three years
and pay more for their pensions
and health care
benefits under a tentative deal with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy that would save the state more than $ 1.5 billion over the next two years, officials said Monday.
The settlement included a
wage increase on par with the rising cost of living, but in exchange, there was reform to the
employees» active health insurance, retiree health insurance, paid time - off
benefit package
and employee work hours.
Under New York State law, union
employees continue to receive step (
wage) increases
and benefits as outlined in the expired contract.
«Taking decent paying, middle class jobs with
benefits away from experienced, dedicated,
and caring state
employees and replacing them with private, not - for - profit companies who fail to pay their direct care workers a decent
wage hurts local economies
and the quality of life for all New Yorkers, not just those receiving care,» CSEA's testimony stated.
State
employees would receive no general
wage increases for three years
and pay more for their pensions
and health care
benefits under a tentative deal with Gov. Dannel P. Malloy that would save the state more than $ 1.5 billion over the next two years,...
In this lesson, students compare different methods of
employee payment, analyze
wage deductions, interpret a pay stub,
and explain how being employed can provide additional
benefits.
This complaint is in addition to the sentiment that Amazon hires
employees in the UK
and pays such a low
wage to those people that they receive tax credits from the government, allowing Amazon to
benefit again at the hands of the tax payers.
Well, guess what, if these same bookstores would take time to review what their customers want
and try to address those issues, if they'd hire
employees who knew the stock —
and this implies paying these
employees a decent
wage with
benefits instead of hiring a store full of nothing but part - timers so they don't have to pay
benefits — most readers would be more than happy to pay a bit more to buy locally.
«The biggest reason is that retailers often have low
wage workers, high turnover
and don't offer comprehensive
benefits to all
employees because they operate on such low margins.
While
employees see a
benefit in the rise of minimum
wage, it might not be all it's cracked up to be as the cost of the inflation is about to rise by 50 percent for goods
and services in the same short time frame, equaling, at minimum, $ 1,300 per household per year.»
Construction site injuries are often covered by workers» compensation, a form of insurance that provides
wage replacement
and medical
benefits to
employees injured on the job.
The
benefits provided are
wage replacement in the form of temporary disability
and medical
benefits to
employees injured in the course of their employment.
Job creators don't get minimum
wage, overtime pay, paid vacation, employment insurance, maternity
benefits, health
benefits, the protection of employment standards acts, consistent paycheques every two weeks, paid sick days, the right to unionize
and other
benefits available to salaried
employees.
Injuries at work allow
employees to receive a narrow set of
benefits -
wage loss
and medical compensation.
The overhaul is intended to
benefit workers by raising the minimum
wage in two stages to $ 15 an hour by 2019, ensuring equal pay for part - time
employees, increasing vacation entitlements
and making it easier to unionize in certain sectors where employment is precarious.
We also specialize in defending
employees who have suffered retaliation due to filing
wage and hour complaints, worker's compensation claims,
employee benefit issues,
and health
and safety complaints in the workplace.
The Birmingham employment lawyers are actively involved in providing employers with prompt advice
and guidance on an array of issues including
wage and hour compliance under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), drug
and alcohol testing, leave - of - absence issues under the Family
and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA),
employee benefit programs,
employee / workplace investigations
and employee discipline
and discharge.
His work includes, among other areas: policy
and procedure implementation
and roll - outs; terminations
and reductions in force; internal investigations
and employee discipline; reasonable accommodations,
benefits,
and leave of absence related issues;
wage and hour compliance audits;
and employee and management training.
Plus, a settlement requires resignation which a Virginia State
employee would not like as an option because they typically have a high
wage earning job, some level of job security,
and have retirement
benefits that they do not want to forfeit.
Under most circumstances, employers are required to carry workers» compensation insurance, which provides partial
wage benefits and payment of medical bills in the event an
employee is injured on the job.
Longshore
and Harbor Workers» Compensation Act is designed to provide lost
wage compensation as well as medical
benefits to
employees who suffered injuries while performing work either on navigable waters or surrounding areas, including but not limited to piers, terminals, docks
and boat yards.
Advice on how to prepare contracts, manage, hire, retain, discipline
and discharge
employees, as well as ensure federal
and state compliance with
wage, labor, health,
benefits,
and discrimination laws are only a portion of what a business lawyer does to protect you, your business,
and your interests.
An employer may end a contact by offering an
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Attorneys handle such matters as labor law, equal employment opportunity law, employment contracts, family
and medical leave, military leave,
wage and hour laws, wrongful discharge, harassment, workplace safety, covenants not to compete,
employee benefits law,
and workers» compensation law.
If the
employees of the transferor employer (here, typically, a local authority) were subject in their contracts to the terms of a collective agreement with a union,
and those
employees are then transferred to a private company transferee, can they still claim the
benefit of that collective agreement (in particular any post-transfer
wage increase) in spite of the fact that the new employer is not a party to the agreement?
Businesses that responded to a recent increase in Ontario's minimum
wage by eliminating paid breaks
and other
employee benefits — often outlined in documents that... Read more
In addition to representing clients in the commercial nuclear power sector, Morgan Lewis assists the DOE's largest contractors in an array of complex legal, regulatory, contractual,
and operational issues, among them labor, employment,
wage - hour,
and employee benefits counseling; government contracts; environmental regulation; Price - Anderson enforcement support;
and nuclear indemnity
and liability matters.
We have also handled numerous
wage and hour, breach of contract, severance,
employee benefits, non-competition, confidentiality, trade secret, whistleblower, invasion of privacy
and defamation claims.
The Alberta Court of Queen's Bench will determine whether to certify a class action lawsuit brought by former WHL players, who maintain they were
employees and should have been paid minimum
wage and other
benefits provided by employment standards legislation.
Increasingly, too, business is under pressure from greater government say on
employee rights with at least three provinces including Ontario taking increased measures to boost minimum
wage and worker
benefits.
Our employment law team is experienced in many areas, including: • Restrictive Covenants, Covenants Not to Compete
and Non-Solicitation Agreements •
Wage and Hour Law Compliance
and Violations • Employment
and Severance Agreements • Employment Litigation •
Employee Handbooks, Policies
and Procedures • Hiring, Discipline
and Termination • Employment Discrimination
and Workplace Investigations • Federal
and State Family
and Medical Leave Statutes • Compensation Strategies,
Employee Benefits and Equity Based Compensation Plans • Risk Management Training Guidance for Employers • Independent Contractor
and Employee Classification
New Hampshire workers» compensation insurance provides
wage replacement, medical care,
and death
benefits when an
employee is injured or becomes ill on the job.
Missouri workers» compensation insurance provides
wage replacement, medical care,
and death
benefits when an
employee is injured or becomes ill on the job.
Whole Foods Market offers many
benefits to its
employees starting with competitive compensation, career growth
and retention,
employee discount, paid time off,
wage transparency, gains sharing
and stock options.