Sentences with phrase «wage protection laws»

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Neither @Uber nor Trump believe in minimum wage laws or other basic worker protections.

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.

A large body of law and custom in the United States holds that because employers have far more power over their employees than businesses do over their customers, they must provide them with far greater protections — not least, a minimum wage and overtime pay.

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

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

Both Rozic and Sen. Diane Savino have backed legislation that would codify cheerleaders in law as employees, not independent contractors of the team, giving them stronger protections when it comes to wage theft.

During his time in the legislature, Brian has sponsored legislation and worked with colleagues to extend and strengthen tenant protections; increase New York's commitment to cleaner more sustainable energy sources and greater efficiency; prevent people from being exposed to toxic chemicals; increase the minimum wage; ensure equality in civil marriage laws; strengthen laws intended to keep guns out of the wrong hands; and promote cleaner, fairer elections by modernizing voting and closing loopholes in campaign finance laws.

Do they want to take us back before minimum wage and worker protection laws?»

«I entered this race because women deserve equal treatment under the law, the minimum wage should not be a poverty wage, elections should not be for sale to the highest bidder and our air and water deserve protection,» Kessner said in a statement.

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 federal judge ruled on Wednesday that a city law to regulate carwash businesses violated federal law because it encouraged unionization, dealing a blow to Mayor Bill de Blasio's efforts to increase protections for low - wage carwash employees.

ALBANY, NY (12/13/2010)(readMedia)-- Governor David A. Paterson today signed into law S. 8380 / A.11726, the Wage Theft Prevention Act, which addresses the failure by employers to pay statutorily - mandated minimum wages and overtime by requiring annual notifications of wages, expanding notifications, enhancing available remedies for wage law violations and strengthening whistleblower protectiWage Theft Prevention Act, which addresses the failure by employers to pay statutorily - mandated minimum wages and overtime by requiring annual notifications of wages, expanding notifications, enhancing available remedies for wage law violations and strengthening whistleblower protectiwage law violations and strengthening whistleblower protections.

# 2 — The conservative upheaval finds little support in public opinion — Public opinion remains generally in favor of more investment in public education, a higher minimum wage, stronger gun laws, reproductive freedom, a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, tougher environmental protection laws and opposed to school vouchers, tax cuts for millionaires and weaker consumer protection laws.

If you're not a head of family, Florida borrows its wage garnishment rules from federal law, specifically the Consumer Credit Protection Act.

We provide services to our clients regarding Federal, New Jersey and New York statutes, including: Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, National Labor Relations Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Occupational Safety and Health Act, New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, Conscientious Employee Protection Act, New Jersey Family Leave Act, Civil Rights, ERISA, and Wage and Hour Law.

Ontario's laws exclude many migrant workers from minimum wage, housing regulations, protection from recruiters, access to health and safety and employment standards and injured workers compensation.

Our diverse practice includes class actions and individual claims in antitrust and consumer protection, product liability, employment (wage and hour), insurance law, business litigation and professional liability.

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.

Class actions and individual suits in antitrust, unfair competition, wage and hour law, consumer protection, investment fraud and products liability

Simon conducts his own advocacy in both employment tribunals and the Employment Appeals Tribunal on all areas of employment law including wage claims, unfair dismissal, all types of discrimination as well as TUPE, data protection and equal pay.

Here, contract compliance (once a particular bugbear of Mrs Thatcher's government) is not normally considered (if at all) in the context of wage protection, but instead in the context of the advancement of other social goals, in particular under equality / discrimination law, eg only giving contracts to firms who show that they are equal opportunities employers.

Legislators in approximately 24 states — from Alaska to Kansas — last week introduced bills to close the gender wage gap and provide stronger wage protections for women than those available under federal law.