Child Labor Violations Hits a Phoenix McDonalds Restaurant
The department reported that Bill Taylor, president of B&D Taylor Inc., which owns the McDonald’s on Sweet Air Road in Phoenix, has paid $20,502.05 in back wages to five workers, two of whom are still in his employ. The workers were not compensated for overtime hours, federal officials said. The company will also pay $9,990 in penalties for violating restrictions on the hours minors can work and tasks they can perform, officials said. Taylor could not be reached for comment Tuesday.
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Employers Safe Harbor Are You There?
In the past year, the U.S. Department of Labor, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and the Internal Revenue Service all have announced a renewed focus on enforcement initiatives. With increased funding from the Obama administration, these agencies will have more investigators devoted to ensuring compliance with the laws that they enforce.
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Determine Accurate “Work Time.”
The allegation relates to alleged working time, i.e. travel time, that the company did not pay workers for. These workers drive all over the New England performing installations, service and repairs. The case is entitled Nelson v. Ingersoll-Rand Co., and was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
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Survival Tips for Employers: Wage and Hour Violations
Employers who want to stay on the right side of the law must re-examine and manage their wage and hour practices. For employers in Maine, the task is especially challenging due to parallel – and sometimes inconsistent – state and federal wage and hour laws.
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Million-Dollar Wage & Hour Lawsuits – Will You Be Next?
High dollar wage and hour settlements can be on the arisen. Just about every day, it seems the Department of Labor wins or settles another expensive lawsuit based on the “simple” laws of wage and hour. Below are eight beyond-the-basics FLSA questions that address wage and hour questions.
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Getting Paid Is A Common Workplace Problem
Not knowing wage and hour regulation can be costly. A survey of low-wage workers from the national study revealed 43 percent who complained about a workplace issue or tried to form a union experienced retaliation, including having their hours cut, threatened with being fired, being fired or suspended, harassed or given an increased workload.
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Ensuring Fairness for Older Workers
Jack worked for nearly a quarter century as a claims adjuster for FBL Financial in West Des Moines. He was a model employee, with performance reviews in the top three percent of the company for 13 consecutive years. Then, in 2003, when he was 55 years old, his company brazenly demoted him and other employees over the age of 50. His job was give to a much younger, less qualified person.
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Wage and Hour Violations – Your Personal Liability
Business owners (as well as supervisors and managers involved in wage and hour policymaking/decision-making) must recognize the various theories under which they can be subject to personal liability and of course take actions to minimize such potential liabilities.
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A Wage and Hour Checklist for Employers
In the past, employees knew even less about the standards in the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) than supervisors and managers. The internet has changed this giving employees today almost instant access to updated information. Labor relations expert Hunter Lott suggests that the following questions are worth asking (and answering) in this regard:
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The Rising Tide of Wage-and-Hour Lawsuits
The DOL’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) is now actively investigating not only outright wage-and-hour abuse, but also the sometimes-unintentional misclassification of employees as either exempt employees or as independent contractors when they are in fact hourly employees subject to overtime rules and pay. Another recently announced goal is to crack down on businesses using unpaid interns in place of regular employees. Compliance starts with the proper classification and payment of a company’s workforce.
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