by Girish Anand | Mar 4, 2011 | State Labor Law
New York has augmented its already-existing New York Labor Law Section 195 with a more demanding set of requirements contained in the recently enacted Wage Theft Prevention Act (WTPA). WTPA takes effect on April 12, 2011. Section 195 had already required employers to...
by Girish Anand | Dec 4, 2009 | Federal Labor Law, Minimum Wage Law, State Labor Law
Nabbed again! Wal-Mart has agreed to fork over $40 million to employees past and present at its Massachusetts outlets after settling a 2001 lawsuit over abuse of time-card data, fudging on overtime and denying employees break time. Employees who worked at those...
by Girish Anand | Nov 3, 2009 | EEOC, Federal Labor Law, OSHA, State Labor Law
Wal-Mart has agreed to, and a judge approved, a plan to settle unpaid-wage lawsuits for up to $85 million. The lawsuits, 30 in all that were combined into one before U.S. District Judge Philip M. Pro in Las Vegas, alleged time clock manipulation and denial of rest...
by Girish Anand | Sep 4, 2009 | Federal Labor Law, Minimum Wage Law
A study done by the Center for Urban Economic Development, the National Employment Law Project, and the UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment has turned up some startling statistics revealing persistent wage abuse. Surveying 4,300 low-wage workers in...