Sentences with phrase «wage laws also»

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The law also prohibits new group health plans from establishing any eligibility rules for healthcare coverage that have discriminate against lower - wage employees.

Los Angeles passed a law in June to also raise its minimum wage to $ 15 from the current $ 9.

1) Anyone who understands how supply and demand inter-relate should understand that minimum wage laws are not only counter-productive on an economy - wide basis but also cause the most problems for the group of workers they have supposedly been put in place to protect.

She also promised to change the law to make franchisors more accountable for wage abuse if they fail to deal with worker exploitation in their franchise network.

The seven also called for pro-tenant rent law reforms, enactment of a single statewide $ 15 minimum wage, a 10 - day waiting period for gun purchases, and an expansion of speed cameras in the city.

He also voted for the Amtrak reauthorization bill and against amendments to federal prevailing wage laws.

Grace is also strong supporter of the Wage Theft Prevention Act (WTPA), a law that was passed in 2010 and strongly supported by the members of UFCW Local 1500.

I also asked Heastie if he's concerned about the governor's increased reliance of late on his executive powers to circumvent the Legislature on key policy issues like a minimum wage increase for the state's fast food workers and creation of a special prosecutor to handle cases in which unarmed civilians die at the hands of law enforcement officers.

The group also opposes repealing the prevailing wage law.

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz was also against the plan — opposition that ultimately triggered the passage of a living - wage law in New York City.

For those worried about a shift to an alternative payment culture to circumvent this rule should it become law, there is also a provision that «no member of staff in an organisation should receive an annual bonus exceeding the annual wage of the lowest paid worker in that organisation».

Murdoch's company was also involved in 2015 legislation related to the requirement that a hospital or other medical facility get consent from a patient before the patient's treatment can be filmed, photographed or broadcast, and a law that would exclude newspaper delivery workers from minimum wage laws, which Cuomo later vetoed.

He also pointed to Labour's achievements in repealing section 28, equalising the age of consent, toughening laws against discrimination, introducing the Disability Discrimination Act, minimum wage and independent investigation and adjudication of complaints against the police.

He has also expanded paid sick leave and the living wage law, altered the policy for making marijuana possession arrests and laid the groundwork for a municipal identification card designed to serve undocumented immigrants.

Quinn also heard it from her opponents — particularly de Blasio — over her handling of the city's living wage law, which is currently tied up in courts after the Bloomberg administration sued to halt it.

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.

«The truth is, also, the Senate has been a problem on many of these issues,» Cuomo said, after promising to push for a higher minimum wage, public campaign finance and changes to state abortion laws.

She was also asked whether she is concerned that the mayor is taking important actions on his own, such as the expansion of the living wage law, without going through the City Council.

The Union also supports the Wage Theft Prevention Act, a bill that ensures employees are paid the minimum wage and overtime according to Wage Theft Prevention Act, a bill that ensures employees are paid the minimum wage and overtime according to wage and overtime according to law.

Due to election law, assuming he doesn't change his party registration in the next couple months, Mr. Smith needs the support of at least three of the city's five Republican county leaders in order to even wage a campaign as a Republican in 2013, which is certainly no easy task when other GOP notables are also considering throwing their hat into the ring.

While signing the bill to increase the state's minimum wage, Cuomo also signed into a law a plan that will require businesses to provide 12 weeks of paid family leave to anyone caring for an infant or a family member with a serious health condition.

The governor is also pressing the State Senate to agree to pass a law to raise the minimum wage to $ 15 an hour for workers not covered by his executive action that apply to fast food workers and state workers.

[47] He has also expressed distaste for public service labor unions, which he has compared to pigs, [53] and is an outspoken critic of state laws such as the Wicks Law, which sets prevailing wage requirements, [49] and the Taylor Law, which gives unions significant negotiating advantages in exchange for prohibiting them from striking.

The Governor commended the Lagos State Judiciary for heeding the call to establish a Sexual Offences Court, just as he also lauded the State House of Assembly for enacting the Protection against Domestic Violence Law, 2007, the Child's Right Law of Lagos State, 2015 and the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015, noting that all efforts was geared towards providing a solid platform for waging the war against Sexual and gender based Violence.

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.

New York City should also fight to wrest control over the minimum wage from the state, seek permission to enforce state wage labor laws and enact paid family leave through an expansion of the state's temporary disability insurance program.

It also demands the passage of laws guaranteeing renters an attorney in housing court, a $ 15 - an - hour minimum wage, more construction projects employing union workers and local residents, more supportive housing for people with HIV, and an end to former Mayor Michael Bloomberg's «cluster - site» housing — where the city paid landlords $ 3,000 a month to put up homeless families, often in deplorable conditions.

Republicans are also discussing what changes to make to Wisconsin's prevailing wage law, which sets a minimum salary for construction workers on some public jobs.

ALEC is also the force behind the increased use of «preemption» laws designed to strip local governments of their power to ban fracking, pass minimum wage hikes, and enact earned sick day laws.

Dean pledged to push for changes in state law to allow Nashville to adopt a living wage and also pledged to use his considerable clout with the General Assembly to advocate for a $ 10 an hour state minimum wage.

Federal law also limits the amount of any regular wages a creditor may garnish, so you are generally safe from garnishment if you earn $ 217.50 per week or less (30 times the federal minimum wage).

For example, a government - backed loan in default can subject the borrower to an administrative wage garnishment (that is, a garnishment without the creditor first obtaining a court judgment) of 15 % of disposable income, and this would be in addition to any state law garnishment by another creditor (under New York law, of several creditors have judgments against a debtor, only one at a time can garnish 10 % of wages, but a government student loan can be imposed on top of a state law garnishment.A borrower can also lose tax refunds if in default on a government student loan.

(Under current law the owner of an unincorporated business can also file a Chapter 13 Wage Earner Plan).

(Which might include, say, minimum wage laws that condemn the less skilled to unemployment, and hence also to poverty).

It is also of importance to those who practice personal injury law — whether or not a wage benefit can be deducted from a personal injury award depends upon whether the employer has a contractual right of subrogation.

She also represented private sector employees in a wide variety of employment law matters such as wage and hour claims, unemployment compensation, and discrimination cases in state and federal court.

Law schools could also consider formalizing part - time JD programs to allow students the option of earning a living wage while in school and reduce their debt load.

She also regularly counsels private and public employers on a broad range of employment and human resources issues, including compliance with civil rights and equal employment laws, hiring and firing practices, compliance with wage and hour and FMLA requirements, and racial and sexual harassment investigation practices.

This case tested a federal minimum wage law which banned shipping goods in interstate commerce where they were produced by people paid less than minimum wage, and also banned the employment of those people at less than minimum wage in that context.

I also mentioned the ongoing class actions against the Canadian Hockey League and its teams (the «CHL») on behalf of junior hockey players, alleging that the CHL conspired to force young players into signing contracts that violated minimum wage laws.

He also authors California Class Action Law and California Wage & Hour Law.

She has also advised employers on litigation avoidance, wage - and - hour laws, leaves of absence, employee discipline and privacy claims.

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.

We also counsel you to go out and try to find work in your field as soon as you reasonably can, so then in your case we can show that you've mitigated or minimized your wage loss damages, which the law requires you to do.

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.

All in all, his law firm has also been handling employment issues, wage & hour related disputes, contract and a plethora of discrimination cases in the said golden state for some time now.

The new law also indicates that beginning in 2018 and before April 1 of every year following, the minister must publish the minimum wage that is to apply under this section on a government website starting on October 1 of that year.

Pritikin also has extensive knowledge of California wage and hour laws and leave laws.

So, an employee working in New Jersey, who believes she is due (a) payment for accrued but unused vacation, and (b) was also denied the legal minimum hourly wage, can file a legal claim using New Jersey law against an employer headquartered in Massachusetts, even if she signed an agreement that said, in effect, «I promise to use only Massachusetts law to resolve any and all disputes.».

Also, it might give you some peace of mind to know that federal law prohibits employers from firing someone for having one wage garnishment (although it doesn't prohibit it for two or more garnishments).