by Girish Anand | Dec 31, 2008 | Minimum Wage Law, State Labor Law
Some eleven states and two municipalities are raising their minimum wage hourly rates on New Year’s Day 2009, topped by the City of Santa Fe with its $9.92 rate (closely followed by San Francisco at $9.79). Heading the states is Washington at $8.55 an hour. For...
by Girish Anand | Dec 30, 2008 | Random Musings
Turns out that a survey of severance pay around the world reveals that the U.S. pays the least of all monitored countries. READ THE SURVEY RESULTS
by Girish Anand | Dec 30, 2008 | Random Musings
With tens of thousands of us Americans losing our jobs every week, I found it interesting to discover that China just in the past year implemented what’s called the Labor Contract Law, which basically gives every employee a nearly unbreakable contract with their...
by Girish Anand | Dec 29, 2008 | Federal Labor Law, Random Musings
Here’s something I just learned. I generally don’t pay much attention to unemployment insurance law since I don’t qualify for it, but some people have been pretty smart at gaming the system. To wit: Under federal unemployment rules that are being...
by Girish Anand | Dec 21, 2008 | Federal Labor Law, State Labor Law
Two George Mason University researchers looking into the cost of government regulations on American business conclude that the total burden amounts to a 1.6 percent excise tax on the “typical manufacturer.” Another way of framing the cost is in terms of...
