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Local wage theft ordinances could be overturned by state legislation
Titusville :: FL :: USA | 3 months ago
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Two bills have been proposed that could overturn ordinances passed in Broward and Miami -Dade counties, and force workers to go to court to fight for wages owed. SB 1216 was filed by Sen. Rob Bradley , R-Orange Park, would turn wage theft issues over
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Employers Steal Wages In NWA
Springdale :: AR :: USA | 3 months ago
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The Arkansas Department of Labor has a different name for what activists at the Springdale-based Northwest Arkansas Workers' Justice Center call wage theft. We actually call it wage claims, and they often deal with a one-time occurrence of someone
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'Wage theft' prevails in post-recession economy
San Salvador :: El Salvador | 3 months ago
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324 less than she was owed under laws that require that workers earn time and a half for clocking more than 40 hours a week. When she complained, Orellana said, her boss threatened to cut her wages and then fired her.
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'Wage theft' prevails in post-recession economy
San Salvador :: El Salvador | 4 months ago
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Behind the counter at a convenience store in Princess Anne, Elvira Orellana worked 72 hours a week, making sandwiches, cleaning the kitchen and ordering the ingredients to prepare oxtail, curry chicken and cheese steaks. Her employer paid her $648 a
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Broward County enacts ‘wage theft’ ordinance
Miami :: FL :: USA | 4 months ago
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Filippi Special to The Miami Herald Under federal law, the failure to pay a minimum wage allows an employee to file suit in Federal Court. Under the State's Constitution, the failure to pay a minimum wage allows an employee to file suit in Circuit
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Palm Beach County scraps wage theft law
West Palm Beach :: FL :: USA | 6 months ago
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December 4, 2012 Palm Beach County commissioners sided with business interests Tuesday in opting for watered-down wage-theft help for local workers. For nearly three years, a coalition of local religious groups urged the County Commission to pass a
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Business groups propose alternative to 'wage theft' ordinance in Broward
Commerce :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago
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The $175,000 in proposed county funding to battle wage theft should be given to Legal Aid to represent unpaid workers, the Fort Lauderdale Chamber and other business groups said on Monday. On Oct. 9, the commission heard from the public and debated
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Walmart supply chain: warehouse staff agencies accused of wage theft
Mira Loma :: CA :: USA | 7 months ago
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Walmart, which was not named in the class action suit, says it has taken steps to police standards in its supply chain. Photograph: Robert Yager for the Guardian Phillip Bailey knows there are people worse off than him working inside the gigantic
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Workers celebrate launch of wage theft task force
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 8 months ago
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San Francisco's wage theft task force, approved in June , had its first meeting today. The wage theft task force formed to strengthen the city response to workers exploited by wage theft, which can include non-payment of the minimum wage or of hours
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Low-wage workers falling victim to wage theft by employers
Grand Rapids :: MI :: USA | 12 months ago
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For nearly a year, unemployed home health worker Leslie Gilbert of Grand Rapids, Mich., has fought to get more than $400 in unpaid wages from her former employer. After months of promises that the money would be in her "next paycheck," Gilbert filed
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