Sentences with phrase «for labor violations»

If halting assembly processes for labor violations would result in trouble for American plants and workers as suggested by some American commentators, it would only create more trouble for security issues.

This case brings attention to the practices of an industry that has become notorious for labor violations.

In 2014, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman and the Department of Labor fined a New York City carwash company $ 3.9 million for labor violations, which included wage theft.

The pay increase at its company - operated U.S. restaurants threatens to complicate an ongoing labor dispute that turns on whether McDonald's can be held responsible for the labor violations of its fran...

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For their part, industry groups said they welcomed the addition and hoped Emanuel would soon lead the board to undo Obama - era policies, including allowing employees to organize in «micro-unions» and holding franchisors responsible for franchisees» violations of labor lFor their part, industry groups said they welcomed the addition and hoped Emanuel would soon lead the board to undo Obama - era policies, including allowing employees to organize in «micro-unions» and holding franchisors responsible for franchisees» violations of labor lfor franchisees» violations of labor law.

In another case cited by the Chamber, an employee at Build.com Inc. said she was fired by the home improvement retailer based in Chico, California, for commenting on possible labor - code violations, according to the study.

Recent developments, including ongoing investigations into bribery and corruption at the Company's subsidiaries in Mexico, China, Brazil, and India; new revelations of accounting fraud at the Company's China operations; a recent ruling by a National Labor Relations Board Administrative Law Judge against the Company for its illegal discipline of employees; and, the NLRB decision to authorize a nationwide complaint against the Company for violations of the National Labor Relations Act, highlight the need for enhanced oversight of Wal - Mart's corporate culture and behavior.

In making its case for KORUS, the Obama Administration argues it will challenge violations of labor rights related to trade, as it may do with Guatemala.

According to a new report by the group Asia Floor Wage Alliance, labor violations in factories making clothes for American brands are still prevalent.

Amnesty International has added its voice to the growing demand within Colombia for an end to mass arrests, torture of political prisoners, repression of labor organizations and other violations of human rights.

Of course she says nothing about her husband's policy of overlooking human rights violations by China, including the slave labor of uncounted thousands and forced abortions for pregnant women with more than one child.

Farm Labor Contractor, Vineyard Pay $ 42K in Penalties for Providing Deplorable Housing Conditions to Farm Workers in Sonoma County: Investigators from the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found farm labor contractor Four Seasons Vineyard Management and winemaker Ridge Vineyards in violation of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act for providing deplorable housing conditions to farm workers in northern Sonoma CounLabor Contractor, Vineyard Pay $ 42K in Penalties for Providing Deplorable Housing Conditions to Farm Workers in Sonoma County: Investigators from the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division found farm labor contractor Four Seasons Vineyard Management and winemaker Ridge Vineyards in violation of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act for providing deplorable housing conditions to farm workers in northern Sonoma CounLabor's Wage and Hour Division found farm labor contractor Four Seasons Vineyard Management and winemaker Ridge Vineyards in violation of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act for providing deplorable housing conditions to farm workers in northern Sonoma Counlabor contractor Four Seasons Vineyard Management and winemaker Ridge Vineyards in violation of the Migrant and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act for providing deplorable housing conditions to farm workers in northern Sonoma County...

Popular restaurant chain Jimmy John's also experienced a lawsuit after 300 delivery drivers claimed they were made to pay for their own vehicle insurance, maintenance and work - related phone use — which was in violation of both the Fair Labor Standards Act and the Kansas Wage Payment Act.

Pat reports the violation, but Michelle, stubborn as fungus, calls her again, and... well, almost everything between this lady and this girl is going to be complicated and racked with labor pains, so let's jump forward a year and a half, leap over Michelle's transfer to Tennessee and the season that, in keeping with NCAA rules, she has to sit out as penance for the switch.

Baseball is boring, college football is increasingly regarded as a tax dodge and festive violation of every labor law ever written, and NASCAR and the NHL have entered the «maybe I'll just apply for a real estate license and see what happens» stage of late adult wage - earning.

And while the university lost that case, it's clear that the main strategy for schools in these legal situations is going to use educational goals as a justification for rules that would otherwise be in violation of labor and antitrust laws.

Soon after donating to Cuomo, the company filed for bankruptcy after it was forced to pay $ 76 million for using non-union labor in violation of a collective bargaining agreement.

The controversial WFP, which is under investigation for possible violations of the New York City campaign - finance law, was founded nearly a decade ago by left - wing labor unions and political activists, and has emerged as a potent force in helping Democratic candidates.

Keeping with the Labor Day messaging, Mr. Bermudez passed along a SEIU 1199 mailer supporting Ms. Rivera earlier today with an attached statement declaring, «The clear violation of trust in misappropriating our tax dollars that has lead to FBI and Attorney General investigations should give 1199 the message that a pro-labor voting record should not be the only consideration for Democratic voters.»

In the months that followed, the project saw «schedule delays, Department of Labor violations, multiple breaches of health and safety procedures, lack of proper supervision, and non-responsiveness to requests for corrective action,» OGS said in a

In the months that followed, the project saw «schedule delays, Department of Labor violations, multiple breaches of health and safety procedures, lack of proper supervision, and non-responsiveness to requests for corrective action,» OGS said in a non-responsibility determination issued this September regarding a project subcontractor.

«For them to say «You can't go on strike, but we can make a unilateral change in terms of employment by way of a 7 percent pay cut,» that's just an outrageous violation of the way labor law works,» CTU Vice President Jesse Sharkey said at an afternoon news conference.

Amounts owing to be a person as a result of a violation of this Act shall be deemed to be unpaid minimum wages or unpaid over time compensation for purposes of sections 16 and 17 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (29 U.S.C. 216, 217): Provided.

On Sept. 15, 2011, N.C. labor officials fined Progress Energy $ 31,500 for safety violations that contributed to the death of Corey Rogers, 24, who was killed March 15, 2011 by a hydrogen explosion while performing maintenance at the Sutton coal - fired plant near Wilmington, N.C. [50]

In Dish Network, LLC v. NLRB, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit found that the employer's termination of an employee for violation of an illegal no - solicitation policy violated the National Labor Relations Act.

The California Labor Commissioner's Office sued a construction company for worker misclassification and wage theft violations.

1 Mar. 2, 2016)(unpublished), plaintiff employees sued two defendant employers for a host of Labor Code wage / hour violations and four plaintiffs sued two individual defendants (who owned employers) for PAGA claims.

Instead, the systematic violation of our country's core employment and labor laws — what we call «unregulated work» — is threatening to become a way of doing business for unscrupulous employers.

As the article reports, a federal judge awarded $ 957,710 in attorney fees, plus costs and prejudgment interest, to Skadden Arps for its pro bono representation of a group of waiters, busboys and captains who sued their restaurant - employer for unlawfully witholding tips in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act and the New York Labor Law.

While attending law school, Ms. Nicholas worked as a legal intern for the United States Department of Labor, Employee Benefit Security Administration as part of a team investigating Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) reporting violations and regulatory offenses.

The Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor are responsible for administering and enforcing this law, and can order payment of back wages, file lawsuits for back wages and issue injunctions for FSLA violations.

The mission of the Coalition to Abolish Slavery and Trafficking (CAST) is to assist persons trafficked for the purpose of forced labor and slavery - like practices and to work toward ending all instances of such human rights violations.

The Fort Lauderdale employment attorneys at Mavrick Law Firm also have had excellent results in defending businesses sued for violations of various labor and employment laws, including:

However, trade unionists and other groups are calling for a «no» on the FTA in protest against labor rights violations in Colombia.

Our firm also handles employment cases for employees and applicants who have been wronged by discrimination and other labor law violations.

At Howard Law, PC, our experienced and client - focused attorneys fight for the rights of California employees to ensure a workplace that is free from unlawful violations of employment and labor laws.

For example, disputes may arise in relation to collective bargaining agreements or alleged violations of the National Labor Relations Act.

«Labor Code statutes regulating meal and rest breaks, pay stubs, and minimum wages provide express statutory remedies, including penalties for violation of those statutes that are punitive in nature, that are available when an employer has violated those provisions, and are exclusive remedy available for such statutory violations absent evidence that statutory remedy is inadequate.»

In April, another strip club settled a class action suit in New York for $ 15 million because of similar labor violations.

Some of the most common are wrongful termination, discrimination, retaliation, violations of the Family Medical Leave Act, violations of the Fair Employment and Housing Act, Violations of the California Family Rights Act, privacy breaches (e.g. disclosure of a medical condition to someone who did not need to know), contract breaches, unfair bargaining and / or union and labor law disputes, unpaid wages, unpaid overtime, failure to pay minimum wage for all hours worked, failure to provide proper pay stubs, failure to pay for unused vacation days upon resignation or termination, failure to pay for all hours worked within 72 hours of quitting, failure to pay for all hours worked immediately upon leaving when the employee gives fair notice or resignation to the employer, failure to keep adequate records, failure to produce employment records upon request, failure to provide wage and pay information upon hiring, misclassification of an hourly employee as an exempt employee, misclassification of an hourly employee as an independent contractor, work place bullying, sexual harassment, disparate impact, disparate treatment, class actions for failure to pay wages and over time, class actions for failure to provide meal and rest breaks, and class actions for failure to reimburse employees forviolations of the Family Medical Leave Act, violations of the Fair Employment and Housing Act, Violations of the California Family Rights Act, privacy breaches (e.g. disclosure of a medical condition to someone who did not need to know), contract breaches, unfair bargaining and / or union and labor law disputes, unpaid wages, unpaid overtime, failure to pay minimum wage for all hours worked, failure to provide proper pay stubs, failure to pay for unused vacation days upon resignation or termination, failure to pay for all hours worked within 72 hours of quitting, failure to pay for all hours worked immediately upon leaving when the employee gives fair notice or resignation to the employer, failure to keep adequate records, failure to produce employment records upon request, failure to provide wage and pay information upon hiring, misclassification of an hourly employee as an exempt employee, misclassification of an hourly employee as an independent contractor, work place bullying, sexual harassment, disparate impact, disparate treatment, class actions for failure to pay wages and over time, class actions for failure to provide meal and rest breaks, and class actions for failure to reimburse employees forviolations of the Fair Employment and Housing Act, Violations of the California Family Rights Act, privacy breaches (e.g. disclosure of a medical condition to someone who did not need to know), contract breaches, unfair bargaining and / or union and labor law disputes, unpaid wages, unpaid overtime, failure to pay minimum wage for all hours worked, failure to provide proper pay stubs, failure to pay for unused vacation days upon resignation or termination, failure to pay for all hours worked within 72 hours of quitting, failure to pay for all hours worked immediately upon leaving when the employee gives fair notice or resignation to the employer, failure to keep adequate records, failure to produce employment records upon request, failure to provide wage and pay information upon hiring, misclassification of an hourly employee as an exempt employee, misclassification of an hourly employee as an independent contractor, work place bullying, sexual harassment, disparate impact, disparate treatment, class actions for failure to pay wages and over time, class actions for failure to provide meal and rest breaks, and class actions for failure to reimburse employees forViolations of the California Family Rights Act, privacy breaches (e.g. disclosure of a medical condition to someone who did not need to know), contract breaches, unfair bargaining and / or union and labor law disputes, unpaid wages, unpaid overtime, failure to pay minimum wage for all hours worked, failure to provide proper pay stubs, failure to pay for unused vacation days upon resignation or termination, failure to pay for all hours worked within 72 hours of quitting, failure to pay for all hours worked immediately upon leaving when the employee gives fair notice or resignation to the employer, failure to keep adequate records, failure to produce employment records upon request, failure to provide wage and pay information upon hiring, misclassification of an hourly employee as an exempt employee, misclassification of an hourly employee as an independent contractor, work place bullying, sexual harassment, disparate impact, disparate treatment, class actions for failure to pay wages and over time, class actions for failure to provide meal and rest breaks, and class actions for failure to reimburse employees for expenses.

PAGA allows aggrieved employees to file lawsuits to recover civil penalties on behalf of themselves, other employees, and the State of California for Labor Code violations.

The FPSW Order requires offerors for government contracts to disclose whether there have been any «administrative merits determination, arbitral award or decision, or civil judgment... rendered against the offeror within the preceding 3 - year period» for violations of any of 14 federal labor laws and equivalent state laws.

Chicago Labor & Employment partner Frank Saibert authored this column on the requirement that lawsuits involving Family and Medical Leave Act («FMLA») violations be brought no later than two years «after the date of the last event constituting the alleged violation for which the action is brought.

Our firm is dedicated to representing employees as individuals or as class representatives against their employers for Labor law violations, including: Overtime, Double Time, Failure to Provide Meal and Rest, Unpaid Tips, Unpaid wages, Improper Employee Classification, Failure to Reimburse Business Expenses, Failure to Provide Commissions, Unlawful Deductions, Failure to Provide Accurate Wage Statements, Failure to Pay all Wages at the time of Discharge or Resignation.

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is in place to protect workers from employers failing to pay for overtime work and other wage and hour violations.

So what you're saying is, the poor kid has no other options other than filing a complaint against his abusive dad with a state agency for labor law violations?

As for monetary penalties, if the Labor and Workforce Development Agency or a court issues a determination that a person or employer has engaged in any violations of SB 459, the person or employer shall be subject to a civil penalty of:

In 1994 the Village Voice investigated several California CPCs in Care Net, the largest network of centers in the country, and found gross ethical violations at an affiliated adoption agency, where director Bonnie Jo Williams secured adoptions by warning pregnant women about parenthood's painfulness, pressuring them to sign papers under heavy medication and in one case detaining a woman in labor for four hours in a CPC.

The expectation for future egalitarian division of household labor seems to only set mothers up to have greater violations of their expectations, as the birth of a child triggers more traditional role - taking by parents (Cowan & Cowan; Van Egeren, 2004).