Wages & Hours

Sample Policy: Time Sheets

01/01/2007

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Sample Policy: Absenteeism/tardiness

01/01/2007

Sample Policy: Sick Leave

01/01/2007

Follow these guides to crafting your company’s sick-leave policy.

Injured illegal immigrants entitled to lost wages

01/01/2007

Employers beware: If you hire an illegal immigrant and he or she is hurt at work, you may have to pay future lost wages based on the going rate in New York …

One-Time pay penalty can’t be challenged years later

01/01/2007

A temporary suspension without pay is a one-time event, and employees can’t use it as the basis of a lawsuit years later. Those who allege such a pay loss must file a complaint promptly; they can’t argue that later consequences open the door to a lawsuit again …

Sample Policy: Volunteerism Leave

01/01/2007

Even lost opportunity for overtime may be considered illegal retaliation

01/01/2007

After last year’s blockbuster U.S. Supreme Court decision that made it easier for employees to sue for workplace retaliation (Burlington Northern v. White), courts have been trying to figure out how to apply that ruling in real-life situations …

Houston janitors OK contract that expands wages, insurance

01/01/2007

Members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 5 recently voted in favor of a three-year collective-bargaining agreement that provides janitors in the Houston area with health benefits and a pay increase …

New Ruling May Help Limit Class-Action Cases in PA

01/01/2007

Attorneys looking to create extra trouble for employers have lost an important class-action ruling in Pennsylvania. Lawyers no longer will be able to file federal lawsuits and state lawsuits together in federal court …

Pennsylvania wage & hour law: Understand the new rules for 2007

01/01/2007

New wage and hour laws came in with the new year for Pennsylvania employers. Hidden in the new minimum-wage law fine print is a new set of rules governing everything from meal breaks to comp time …

Wages & Hours

Sample Policy: Time Sheets

Sample Policy: Absenteeism/tardiness

Sample Policy: Sick Leave

Injured illegal immigrants entitled to lost wages

One-Time pay penalty can’t be challenged years later

Sample Policy: Volunteerism Leave

Even lost opportunity for overtime may be considered illegal retaliation

Houston janitors OK contract that expands wages, insurance

New Ruling May Help Limit Class-Action Cases in PA

Pennsylvania wage & hour law: Understand the new rules for 2007

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