Sentences with phrase «when wage laws»

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The current laws and regulations when it comes to wage and hour just simply aren't set up to handle this.

«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.

Van Parijs and Vanderborght trace the political roots of guaranteed basic income to England in the late 18th century, when Prime Minister William Pitt proposed to replace the country's poor law, which channeled public generosity through gruesome workhouses, with cash supplements to low - wage workers.

Rather, they created «embarrassing doctrinal tensions,» especially when contrasted with early twentieth - century decisions invalidating economic reforms like minimum wage laws and child labor restrictions.

PAK: I have to admit it is quite frustrating when people reduce Catholic Social Teaching to economics: labor - capital relations, workers» unions, minimum wage laws, the problems of socialism and libertarianism, that sort of thing.

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.

Jacque got crossways with some Republican leaders in the state Assembly in 2015 when he decided to hold a hearing on a bill calling for the repeal of the state's prevailing - wage laws.

wage law that will decimate low wage workers in due time when inflation kicks in and / or they're out of work and unemployed.

«It brings parliament and the law into disrepute when MPs of any party seek to get round the minimum wage,» TUC general secretary Frances O'Grady said.

He did not mention criminal justice reform, a central focus of his earlier speech in Manhattan, won his loudest applause when mentioning the gun control law — the SAFE Act — that drew protesters to the windy green outside the History Museum and called for a minimum wage increase.

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.

Under the Governor's leadership, when the current iteration of 421 - a expired, additional affordability options were added to the law as well as fairer wage guidelines for those involved in the construction of these buildings.

The contributions to the PAC come talk of a revived 421a abatement provision, which lapsed earlier this year when real estate groups and construction labor unions failed to reach an agreement on a prevailing wage measure in the renewal of the law.

«These policies will not only lift up the current generation of low - wage workers and their families, but ensure fairness for future generations and enable them to climb the ladder of opportunity,» Cuomo said in a statement April 4 when the bill was ceremoniously signed into law.

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.

Schulz, who has waged court battles against the SAFE Act gun control law, pork barrel spending and tax policies, believes Silver should reimburse taxpayers for the money he authorized in 2012 when the payment was made to two staffers who said Lopez harassed them.

That could give Democrats some leverage when it comes time to negotiate criminal justice reforms - but, there are so many other major issues at stake for Democrats including a minimum wage increase, renewing mayoral control of schools, the sunset of rent laws, and The DREAM Act, that there is a chance that the debate could be overshadowed yet again.

New York state taxes all New York - source salary and wage income of nonresident employees when the arrangement is for convenience rather than by necessity (Laws of New York, § 601 (e), 20 NYCRR 132.18).

Many federal and state laws regulate the relationship between employer and employee, for example minimum wage laws, rules about vacation time and overtime, and rules about when employees can be fired.

Change the law relating to national minimum wage to state that it should not be paid when a worker is logged onto a platform but there is no work available.

When wage and hour laws are broken by employers, legal action can be pursued.

'' [P] unitive damages are not recoverable when liability is premised solely on the employer's violation of the Labor Code statutes that regulate meal and rest breaks, pay stubs, and minimum wage laws.»

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.

Irish wage law allows employers to make deductions when they are allowed by the contract of employment or otherwise agreed to by the employee.

When plaintiffs lawyers have attempted to push the boundaries of existing wage and hour law, we've beat them back with cases that have become precedent setting and that deter future copycat suits.

instead of LAWS when waging war.

When an ex-spouse fails to pay child support or alimony ordered by the court in a divorce, Oregon state laws allow the other spouse to request a wage withholding order.