Sentences with phrase «national wage claim»
THE Australian Capital Territory Union's latest national wage claim of $ 24 a week has drawn criticism from the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
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Similarly, the National Federation of Independent Business, in a study released in December, claims a proposed wage increase in New York to $ 8.50 from $ 7.25 with an index to inflation would cost the state 22,000 jobs and $ 2.5 billion in revenue.
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.
An official in the National Security Council was ousted last month after he wrote a controversial memo claiming subversive forces were poised to wage «political warfare» against Trump's nationalist agenda.
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a labor - backed advocacy group — the National Employment Law Project — claims a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage could be outdated in Westchester by 2021.
With an extensive new report claiming to document «an ultraconservative network» waging an assault on the public schools, the National Education Association has fired the latest volley in its battle against efforts to curb its political clout.
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.
Badoux's practice spans a national and international scale as he handles a variety of labor and employment litigation matters, including labor relations, harassment claims, wage and hour audits, breach of fiduciary duties and more.
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.
She has extensive experience representing individual workers in employment discrimination cases on account of race, national origin, religion, gender, disability, sexual harassment, wrongful termination, retaliation, whistle blower and wage and hour claims.
Where an older employee is dismissed to avoid paying the National Living Wage, an employer may also face a claim for unfair dismissal.
We would remind employers that if an older employee is dismissed or an older applicant is treated less favourably in order to avoid the payment of the National Living Wage, an employer could be faced with a claim for age discrimination unless they are able to justify their actions.
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.
These involve employee discharge and discrimination cases, including age, sex, race, national origin, religion and disability claims, as well as cases involving restrictive covenants and wage - hour matters.
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.
The firm has tried and / or arbitrated cases involving claims for wrongful termination, age discrimination, sex discrimination, disability discrimination, national origin discrimination, racial discrimination, pregnancy discrimination, religious discrimination, retaliation, wage and hour violations, ERISA violations, sexual harassment, breach of contract, trade secret theft, defamation, violation of family leave laws, whistleblower (including Sarbanes - Oxley Act and Dodd - Frank Act) and many other claims.
Her practice focuses on the defense of state and national wage and hour class and collective actions, and single - and multi-plaintiff discrimination and harassment claims.
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.
She handles a wide range of matters, including those involving claims of discrimination and harassment based on race, national origin, age, sex, disability, and sexual orientation; wage and hour violations; independent contractor misclassification; wrongful termination in violation of public policy; whistleblower and other retaliation claims; breach of contract; unfair competition; defamation; and misappropriation of trade secrets.
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.