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...
by Girish Anand | Sep 2, 2009 | Random Musings
You can say you saw it here first (all except for the red border, which is a result of using Vista’s snipping tool). It’s the revised United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) home page, redesigned to make it more user friendly for finding...
by Girish Anand | Sep 2, 2009 | Health Care Reform
Pharma-giant Pfizer has agreed to pay the largest criminal fine in U.S. history–$1.195 billion–for marketing its drug Bextra for unapproved “off-label” uses. The company ran afoul of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act when it chose to market...
by Girish Anand | Sep 2, 2009 | Random Musings
The decision may not even resonate outside the court’s jurisdiction, but the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has found that individual managers can be held liable for former employees’ back wages even after a company has gone bankrupt. In a Nevada case,...
by Girish Anand | Sep 1, 2009 | EEOC, Random Musings
Despite the united efforts of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and politicians trolling for the future votes of (suddenly amnestied) illegal immigrants, the Department of Labor is implementing the Bush-era mandate for contractors to use E-Verify. Everything E-Verify...