Not exact matches
In those cases the court deferred to the judgment of the Air Force that the free - exercise
claim of a Jewish officer who wore his yarmulke on duty could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of correctional authorities that the free - exercise
claim of a Black Muslim to attend Friday afternoon religious services could not be accommodated; it deferred to the judgment of the Department of Agriculture's Forest Service that building a logging road through a
national forest was necessary despite the damage to religious practices of Native American tribes in that area; it deferred to the Internal Revenue Service's ruling that Bob Jones University was not entitled to tax exemption because of its religiously motivated rule against interracial dating and marriage on campus; it deferred to the judgment of the secretary of labor that a religious community must pay its members the
minimum wage for work they performed in the group's business although the members said they had religious objections to being paid for their work.
A new report from a labor - backed advocacy group — the
National Employment Law Project —
claims a $ 15 - an - hour
minimum wage could be outdated in Westchester by 2021.
At the same time, the child of a lone parent working 18 hours a week for the
national minimum wage of # 7.83 an hour would previously not have been able to
claim free school meals because they would have been entitled to working tax credit.
More precisely, they
claim that they are entitled to basic employment rights, which include the right to be paid the
national minimum wage, to receive sick pay and paid holidays and to protection against discrimination and in relation to whistleblowing, all of which are currently denied to them by Deliveroo.
These include for example, the right to
claim unfair dismissal, to receive statutory sick pay maternity, paternity and parental rights; to be paid the
national living or
minimum wage depending if they are aged 25 or more; to have working time rights such as not to be forced to work more than 48 hours per week, regular rest breaks and night working health and safety standards; to receive a statement of terms and conditions of employment.
We regularly advise clients on the full range of operational and strategic issues affecting healthcare providers, including for example navigating the NHS disciplinary / capability procedure Maintaining High Professional Standards (MHPS), advising Boards on the implementation of seven day services, Consultant Job planning, Doctors» banding
claims and pay more generally, including
national minimum wage compliance.
The «gig economy» cases forcing this issue have seen individuals, engaged as «self - employed contractors» by Pimlico Plumbers, Uber, CitySprint, Addison Lee and other employers,
claiming «worker» or «employee» status in order to qualify for
national minimum wage, holiday pay and other concomitant rights.
This came after several of its drivers brought ET
claims for failure to pay
national minimum wage and provide annual leave and holiday pay.
The State and Federal Employment disputes handled by Whittel & Melton include FLSA (fair labor standards act),
Wage and Overtime disputes,
Minimum Wage Violations, Discrimination (age, sex, disability, pregnancy,
national origin, race), Retaliation
claims including FMLA (family medical leave act), workers compensation and sexual harassment in the workplace, Whistleblower protection, qui tam and other civil rights pursuits.
They
claimed that they were paid grossly under the
national minimum wage, forced to work unlawful hours, unfairly dismissed and (in Ms Janah's case) discriminated against on racial grounds.
Advising a sporting charity on the differences between employees, interns and volunteers to safe guard the organisation in relation to holiday,
national minimum wage and possible employment related
claims.
As in many of these decisions MacCartney
claimed both under the regulations and under the
National Minimum Wage Regulations (SI 1999/584).
Uber suffered another setback in London in October last year when an employment tribunal brought by two Uber drivers ruled they are workers, rather than self - employed contractors as Uber had tried to
claim — making the company liable for paying holiday pay, paid rest breaks and the
National Minimum Wage.