Sentences with phrase «minimum wage law as»

I regard the minimum wage law as a protection against robbing a human life of its value, time, and dignity.

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In this scam, you receive an official - looking document that leads you to believe you must purchase signage, such as minimum wage declarations, and display it by law.

«Andy Puzder is against unions, calls the minimum wage and overtime «restrictions» and employees «extra cost,» and even said he wants to fire workers like us and replace us with machines that can't take vacation or sue their employers when they break the law,» the nonprofit Interfaith Worker Justice quoted Rogelio Hernandez, a Carl's Jr. cook, as saying.

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

Westfield Valley Fair Mall is just a case study in what hard decisions businesses across the country will soon be forced to make as new minimum wage laws take effect.

For example, the very small increases in the minimum wage that took effect in eight states on January 1, 2012 as a result of those states» indexing laws will generate an additional $ 366 million in GDP and create the equivalent of more than 3,000 full - time jobs, according to an analysis by the Economic Policy Institute.

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.

IDC members claim that their alliance is an effective way to gain leverage to advance progressive legislation, but year after year, this legislation dies in the Senate after passing the Assembly or (as in the case of the minimum wage law) passed only in heavily watered - down form.

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.

Cuomo touted legislative achievements such as paid family leave and a $ 15 minimum wage, both of which recently went into effect, as well as free state college tuition, marriage equality and strict gun laws.

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.

He said he's seen other measures that were once considered a long shot — such as increasing the state's minimum wage — become law.

(Factor in the cost of New York's new minimum - wage and sick - leave laws and upstate's status as an economic desert seems assured.)

«Those elected as Democrats should respect voters» clearly expressed intent and sit with the Democratic Conference to implement important progressive goals like standing up for women's health, passing real campaign finance reform, raising the minimum wage and enacting common sense gun laws,» said Senate Democratic spokesman Mike Murphy.

His legislative accomplishments as governor — same - sex marriage legalization, a gun control law, increases in the state's minimum wage — came after cajoling Republicans in the chamber, who hold a narrow majority there and have had to share power with the Independent Democratic Conference.

The bill, sponsored by Democratic Assembly Majority Leader Joe Morelle (a Rochester - area lawmaker) and Republican Sen. George Amedore, is aimed at codifying state Department of Labor guidelines that exempt delivery people who are hired as independent carriers from aspects of the unemployment, the minimum wage and workers» compensation coverage laws, according to the sponsor's memo.

With American labor and minimum wage laws applying to Puerto Rico, it remains difficult for hotel builders to develop in Puerto Rico as opposed to the Dominican Republic where workers earn $ 60 a week as opposed to $ 240 week in PR.

Congressional Democrats moved to rebrand issues like the minimum wage and sick leave laws as part of a «Women's Economic Agenda.»

The Catholic Church as weighed in on raising the state's minimum wage, but Governor Cuomo says the chances of an increase becoming law are «dubious.»

If she was brought on and paid a ceremonial wage, like minimum wage, as a federal employee, I'd have more confidence in how concrete the stated good intentions are, since she would then be formally bound by laws and rules.

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.

He was forced to twist his policies on the minimum wage and his posture toward Senate Democrats to win the Working Families Party line from Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham Law professor who has criticized Cuomo as too beholden to wealthy donors.

When it comes to policy, Klein has said he wants to accomplish a host of progressive goals, such as increasing the state's minimum wage, stop and frisk reform and overhauling campaign - finance laws.

Ever since Zephyr Teachout, an unknown law professor, challenged him for his second - term run in 2014 to surprising results in the primary, he has been forced to tack left — signing legislation two years ago to enact a $ 15 an hour minimum wage as well as paid family leave.

A Wage Board could also be used to institute a minimum wage in New York City that is higher than the state minimum, because the law allows a board to raise inadequate pay by locality as well as by occupatWage Board could also be used to institute a minimum wage in New York City that is higher than the state minimum, because the law allows a board to raise inadequate pay by locality as well as by occupatwage in New York City that is higher than the state minimum, because the law allows a board to raise inadequate pay by locality as well as by occupation.

On a more serious note, as intern - advocacy group Internocracy pointed out last year, employers often believe there is a «grey area» around internships and the minimum wage laws that allows them to take on unpaid interns as long as both sides understand it is a voluntary position.

The right response here is: for the state to leave this alone and let the companies involved work out whatever contractual terms they wish, whether agency model, wholesale model, or some hybrid; stop employing antitrust law against even nominally private companies; stop enacting and enforcing laws that give rise to monopoly prices and oligopolies and corporatism and crony capitalism in the first place, such as copyright law, antitrust law, pro-union legislation, minimum wage, taxation in general, inflation and the business cycle, and other business regulations.

Someone needs to reword the idiot law that states that interns can be unpaid and just start making them get paid at least minimum wage >: (The law was JUST clear enough that if he met the x, y, z criteria they didn't have to pay him as an employee - that's RIDICULOUS.

A survey by U.S. Chamber of Commerce released in April said that requirements of the new law, as well as costs, are the biggest concern for small businesses — the category into which most pet stores fall — with 71 percent saying it will be harder for them to hire new employees, especially those at or near minimum wage.

The New York Law Journal reports that the plaintiffs — as many as 1,700 exotic dancers in New York — allege that Rick's Cabaret International failed to pay them the minimum wage going as far back as 2004.

Child labor has been abolished, safe and healthy work environments are guaranteed with federal laws such as Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), Black Lung Benefits Act (BLBA), Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and many others, and the minimum wage compensation of workers has increased tremendously.

If you are illegally receiving below minimum wage, being discriminated at work, or benefits are being withheld, please contact a Hartford employment law attorney from our team as soon as possible.

The poster, which can be obtained here, describes the law as it relates to hours of work, meal breaks, overtime pay, minimum wage, vacation pay, public holidays, leaves of absence, and termination notice.

As Henderson demonstrates, employment litigation is often incredibly fact - intensive, and if you have a possible minimum wage or overtime claim, you should consider finding counsel that is not only experienced in the law — and its many exceptions — but also able to sort through all the facts implicated in your case.

Those same provisions also apply to any required payment of overtime wages, as the Missouri overtime laws are payable under the state minimum wage law.

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 for expenses.

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), along with varying state laws, has established employee protections such as a minimum wage and overtime pay requirements, along with other employment standards.

Even though the minimum wage in New Hampshire is the same as the federal minimum wage, the exceptions to the minimum wage requirement differ between New Hampshire and federal law.

Soon, it will be the season for chucking mortar boards into the air as law students celebrate their success in securing the all important First or 2.1 degree to qualify them to join an ever growing list of contributors to the profits of the vocational law schools and join a list of highly qualified «legal technicians», working for little above the minimum wage, if they can't get that all important training contract or pupillage.

As easy as it is to mock any legitimate law firm that would pay a new lawyer significantly less than the minimum wage, one has to wonder if, assuming everything O'Bryan is saying is true, this job might not be better than working a completely non-law joAs easy as it is to mock any legitimate law firm that would pay a new lawyer significantly less than the minimum wage, one has to wonder if, assuming everything O'Bryan is saying is true, this job might not be better than working a completely non-law joas it is to mock any legitimate law firm that would pay a new lawyer significantly less than the minimum wage, one has to wonder if, assuming everything O'Bryan is saying is true, this job might not be better than working a completely non-law job.

Ontario employers routinely exploit lax employment laws to avoid paying people in precarious jobs basic entitlements such as overtime pay and even minimum wage, according to a new report by the Workers Action Centre.

If the law goes into effect, third - party employers will be required to pay at least the federal minimum wage and overtime pay to any direct care workers, such as certified nursing assistants, home health aides, personal care aides, caregivers, and companions.