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LA Restaurant Fined Over Half a Million Dollars for Wage Theft; Workers Paid $4 per Hour

HRWatchdog

Wage theft refers to infractions of the California Labor Code involving the payment of wages to worker. A Los Angeles restaurant has been ordered to pay $519,706 for wage theft violations uncovered by the California Labor Commissioner’s Office. Shifts generally lasted seven hours. Shifts generally lasted seven hours.

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What your business can do NOW to prepare for the DOL ‘Blacklisting’ rules and guidance.

The Employer Handbook

In 2014, President Obama signed the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order. However, by Halloween next year, just about any federal contractor or subcontractor with a contract valued at $500,000 (except for subcontracts for commercial-off-the-shelf products) will have to comply with these rules.

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What Is the Portal-to-Portal Act?

Zenefits

Employment attorneys are often asked whether the Portal-to-Portal Act deems specific activities as compensable. Some questions involve time spent traveling, logging onto computer systems, or answering emails after work hours. As a result, employers pay employees for “ compensable working time ” under federal law.

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Ohio Court Addresses Distinction Between Employees, Contractors

HR Daily Advisor

A few months later, in March 2014, the auditor informed BNA’s accountant that she would be reclassifying as employees all BNA workers who had formerly been classified as independent contractors. On September 19, 2014, the auditor issued a letter informing BNA of the audit results. After receiving a tip that BNA Construction, Ltd.,

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What a Minimum Wage Hike Could Mean for Your Business

Insperity

In the 2014 State of the Union address , President Obama proposed raising the federal minimum wage from $7.25 per hour to $10.10 an hour, and soon after signed an Executive Order to raise the minimum wage to $10.10 Here’s what you should know about a potential increase in the minimum wage.

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What your business can do NOW to prepare for the DOL ‘Blacklisting’ rules and guidance.

The Employer Handbook

In 2014, President Obama signed the Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order. However, by Halloween next year, just about any federal contractor or subcontractor with a contract valued at $500,000 (except for subcontracts for commercial-off-the-shelf products) will have to comply with these rules.

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Equal Pay Named in EEOC Targeted Priorities

Trusaic

incorporates algorithmic decision-making or machine learning, including artificial intelligence; use of automated recruitment, selection, or production and performance management tools; or other existing or emerging technological tools used in employment decisions.” And its message is uncompromising. Advancing equal pay for all workers.