Sentences with phrase «including wage laws»

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The concerns include the exploitation of interns and firms calling work positions «internships» as a way of circumventing minimum wage laws.

But for wage advocacy groups, including the National Employment Law Project, the hike is a small gesture.

She provides consulting and customized training for clients on a variety of topics, including sexual harassment prevention, conducting internal workplace investigations, effective documentation and performance management practices for managers, managing employee medical leaves and disability accommodations requests, and compliance with the myriad of wage and hour laws.

If joint employment is found, both entities may be held responsible for compliance with all applicable laws, including wage and hour and other employment protection laws.

This includes no trade restrictions, no corporate regulations, and no minimum wage laws.

This third pillar includes raising the minimum wage in a transparent and predictable manner, improving associated employment standards legislation, and generally making sure labour laws have kept pace with what's happening in workplaces across the country.

Keep in mind: if your new remote employee works in a state different from your HQ, you'll have to comply with labor laws (including minimum wage), payroll taxes, health insurance, and any other compliance specific to the state in which the employee works.

This will include an investment of approximately $ 120 million in wage increases that will be allocated on regional cost of living and entry wage laws that vary from state to state.

Investor agreements can include lease terms, non-competition, corporate agreements, intellectual property protections, wage and hour laws and contracts regarding the transfer of interests.

Mr. Kemper practices in the area of labor and employment law where he regularly counsels employers on a variety of workplace issues including, but not limited to, interviewing, hiring, employee discipline and discharge, workplace discrimination, harassment, retaliation, wage and hour (including tipping practices), whistleblower, unemployment, restrictive covenants, non-compete agreements, non-solicitation agreements, non-disclosure agreements, separation agreements, workplace policies and employee handbooks.

Rosa Aliberti Rosa has worked on diverse labor and employment law matters, including wage and hour cases; workplace investigations; severance, employment, and non-compete agreements; has drafted and responded to discrimination complaints before government agencies, including the U.S. EEOC and NYS Division of Human Rights; and, has assisted in federal and state court litigations.

Cuomo has bristled at implications his progressive bona fides don't stack up and his supporters have pointed to a raft of accomplishments during his time as governor, including the passage of a minimum wage hike that eventually grows to $ 15 in the coming years in the New York City area, paid family leave, a sweeping gun control law, the legalization of same - sex marriage and regulations that bolster the rights of transgender New Yorkers.

Officials were already pitching the plan as a continuation of Cuomo's «progressive» agenda for New York, which the governor counts as including a sharp rise in the minimum wage, the marriage equality law and stronger gun control provisions known as the SAFE Act.

• Promoting Labor Law reforms - including elimination of the Wage Theft Prevention Act's annual notice / signature requirement, adopting reasonable standards regarding pay equity and workplace accommodations, and opposing new and increased pay and benefit mandates on private sector employers.

«Labor Day is a day we celebrate the great American work ethic and those hardworking men and women who struggled to provide us with workers» rights and deliver us today's landmarks of middle class security, including the 40 - hour work week, child labor laws, pensions, a minimum wage, Social Security and Medicare.

Cuomo touted the state's progressive accomplishments under his tenure, including raising the minimum wage to $ 15, passing a paid family - leave law, banning fracking, outlawing assault weapons, and ensuring marriage equality.

Mario Cilento, President of the New York State AFL - CIO, said «The car wash industry is rife with abuses, including failure to pay minimum wage or provide workers compensation insurance; now this jail sentence should serve as a wake - up call to abusive managers that law enforcement is taking action.

«God bless you for passing the minimum wage law,» the former president told an audience that included some of the legislative leaders who pushed it.

The day Nixon actually announced her candidacy, he released a statement that put front and center his liberal accomplishments, which read like a progressive wish list: «Governor Cuomo has delivered more real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country, including passing marriage equality, the strongest gun safety law in the nation, a $ 15 minimum wage, free college tuition, paid family leave, record setting funding for public education, expanding and protecting healthcare for our most vulnerable, and banning fracking.»

That vision includes a number of bread - and - butter planks for the state Democratic Party: Paid family leave, increasing the state's minimum wage and reforming campaign finance laws.

At 8 a.m., City & State holds a «Changing the Minimum Wage» forum where speakers will include Senate Labor Committee Chair Sen. Jack Martins, and Empire Center for Public Policy President E.J. McMahon, New York Law School, 185 West Broadway, Manhattan.

A Hawkins - Jones administration will enforce the laws against wage theft, including putting bosses who steal behind bars,» said Jones.

The state's minimum wage rose to $ 8.75 at the end of last month, and according to a 2013 law that also included a credit for employers who hire teenagers, will go up another quarter at year's end.

«He will not walk away from his record of progressive accomplishments over the past four years, including passing the toughest gun laws in the nation, marriage equality, an increase to the minimum wage and funding universal pre-K,» spokeswoman Candice Giove wrote in an email.

Included in the governor's agenda are plans to codify Roe v. Wade into state law, pass the Equal Rights Amendment and close the wage gap statewide, among other things.

With their new clout, progressives in the City Council will undoubtedly take on many of the legislative priorities they've been touting for months, including council rule reforms and passing a new living wage law that would benefit unions and pro-immigrant policies like noncitizen voting, which the mayor opposes.

«Governor Cuomo has delivered more real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country, including passing marriage equality, the strongest gun safety law in the nation, a $ 15 minimum wage, free college tuition, paid family leave, record setting funding for public education, expanding and protecting healthcare for our most vulnerable, and banning fracking,» the spokesman said.

Policies that have been trailed include new laws to prevent employers undercutting wages, an enforcement of the minimum wage, recruit an additional 1,000 border staff and introducing exit checks.

At least three Republican senators are demanding big 11th - hour changes to the plan, including prohibiting the University of Wisconsin System from spending on diversity training, greatly raising the income eligibility limit for the statewide school - voucher program and repealing the state's remaining prevailing - wage laws within months.

Poverty advocates have been critical of the minimum wage law now in effect, which they contend moves too slowly and included detrimental tax breaks for businesses.

Klein's turncoat coterie has insisted that their relationship with Republicans has enabled the passage of liberal measures — including paid family leave, a minimum wage hike, laws barring the prosecution of minors as adults for certain nonviolent offenses and the creation fund for the legal defense of undocumented immigrants.

New state laws are taking effect this month, including an increase in the minimum wage to $ 10.40 an hour in upstate.

Raise the wages of state workers making federal minimum wage because they aren't included under state minimum wage law.

In a departure from previous years, Malloy released budget details on Monday and his speech focused largely on other issues, including calls for stronger gun laws, early voting, an increase in the minimum wage and addressing the gender wage gap.

But those close to him have previously said they don't fear a primary given what they consider the governor's strong progressive record, including successfully pushing for the legalization of same sex marriage, passage of the SAFE Act gun control law, enactment of a $ 15 hourly minimum wage and a statewide paid family leave program, and a free tuition program for some public college students.

During the press conference, Klein said his arrangement with Skelos was solid and has yielded results he's proud of, including on - time budgets, a tougher gun control law and a minimum wage increase.

They include codifying Roe vs Wade into state law, combating sexual harassment and closing the gender wage gap.

That could give Democrats some leverage when it comes time to negotiate criminal justice reforms - but, there are so many other major issues at stake for Democrats including a minimum wage increase, renewing mayoral control of schools, the sunset of rent laws, and The DREAM Act, that there is a chance that the debate could be overshadowed yet again.

The amicus brief cited examples from an array of groups increasingly using public records laws to gain access to emails beyond those of climate scientists, including animal rights groups that have long waged legal battles against researchers who use animals in their studies and opponents of genetically modified organisms seeking to expose the emails of scientists in efforts to demonstrate links to industry.

They cover topics including addressing harassment and discrimination in the workplace, developing labor law, navigating through ADA (AA), FMLA and workers» compensation issues, avoiding wage and hour landmines, key legislative, case law and regulatory changes.

Seyfarth Shaw California About Blog California Peculiarities Employment Law Blog, Published by Seyfarth Shaw LLP covers legislative updates & commentary on employer laws in CA including harassment & wage statements.

Los Angeles, California About Blog Steven G. Pearl is a full - time mediator resolving disputes involving Employment Law, including Discrimination, Harassment, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Non-Competition Agreements, Trade Secrets, Wage & Hour, including class actions and individual actions Frequency about 1 post per month.

Ideas might include: information on wars waged during the presidency, laws passed, well - known accomplishments, and so on.

I thought filing bankruptcy prevented creditors from collection activity including pending foreclosures, evictions, wage garnishments, and law suits.

Canada bankruptcy law provides for an immediate issuing of a «stay of proceedings» which will force your creditors to cease all collection activities against you, including wage garnishments, bank account attachments, repossession activity, and phone calls or other forms of debt collection communication.

If you are employed, this may include wage garnishments up to the limit imposed by your state law.

Standout Sectors: Here, by far the biggest high - wage industry is professional, scientific, and technical services, a category that includes law firms, public relations specialists, and many of the other specialty professions that thrive in the nation's seat of political power.

Wage garnishment laws include attaching wages, bank accounts and student loans in default.

Los Angeles, California About Blog Steven G. Pearl is a full - time mediator resolving disputes involving Employment Law, including Discrimination, Harassment, Retaliation, Wrongful Termination, Non-Competition Agreements, Trade Secrets, Wage & Hour, including class actions and individual actions Frequency about 1 post per month.

Seyfarth Shaw California About Blog California Peculiarities Employment Law Blog, Published by Seyfarth Shaw LLP covers legislative updates & commentary on employer laws in CA including harassment & wage statements.