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Restaurateur Tom Colicchio, Craft Restaurants Violated Federal and State Labor Laws, According to Outten & Golden LLP

  • By: International Business Times
  • 12/12/2008
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Firefighters' Claims for OT May Reach $460,000

  • By: International Fire Fighting News
  • 12/11/2008
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Joint Statement from Wal-Mart and Counsel for Plaintiffs Regarding Wage and Hour Class Action Case of Braun v. Wal-Mart

  • By: The Wall Street Journal
  • 12/10/2008
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FBI probes treatment of Mexican workers in La.

Airline Deregulation Act said to pre-empt wage and hour laws in victory for SkyWest

  • By: The National Law Journal
  • 12/09/2008
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Missed Meal and Rest Breaks Are Wages For Purposes Of Attorney's Fees Awards Under Labor Code Section 218.5

  • By: California Attorney's Fees
  • 12/05/2008
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For the moment, California law is clear: no punitive damages for violations of labor code provisions regulating breaks

  • By: The Complex Litigator
  • 12/05/2008
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Restaurant Owners Charged on More Than 400 Counts

Ike clean-up workers report wage theft

Eddington Security and Bovis Lend Lease, Inc. Violated Labor Laws

  • By: Wall Street Journal
  • 12/01/2008
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The Help Desk Overtime Bomb Is Ticking

Workers allege bakery owner still owes them thousands in back pay

A Catastrophic Silence

Change Immigrants and Labor Can Believe In

Labor Dept. Accused of Straying From Enforcement

  • By: The Washington Post
  • 12/01/2008
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Who gets paid when bad weather shuts down the office?

Litigious employees demand to be paid for logging on

Quicksilver Express Courier to pay unpaid wages

  • By: Kansas City Business Journal
  • 11/25/2008
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CA High Court to decide break rules

Eatery owners pay $175,000 in overtime, back wages

  • By: Pasadena Star-News
  • 11/25/2008
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Hospital employees sue over unpaid lunch time

  • By: Central New York Business Journal
  • 11/24/2008
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Dallas county officials unsure sheriff's canines worth the cost

  • By: Dallas Morning News
  • 11/24/2008
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Owed Back Pay, GuestWorkers Comb the Past

Wage theft ordinance moves forward

Red Robin workers awarded back pay for overtime

  • By: Anchorage Daily News
  • 11/17/2008
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As the economy sinks, wage theft suits rise

Busboy's lawsuit grills Timberlake

EJC's Wage & Hour Class and Collective Action Victory

  • By: DC Employment Justice Center
  • 11/17/2008
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Software workers claim no exemption from overtime

  • By: Southeast Texas Record
  • 11/11/2008
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ADT buffeted on two fronts

  • By: Security Systems News
  • 11/11/2008
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Police to get extra compensation as two suits are settled

Ninth Circuit allows overtime case against Oracle to proceed

  • By: Metropolitan News-Enterprise
  • 11/11/2008
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Over dozen Fort Hamilton construction workers recover $475K in wages

  • By: Brooklyn Daily Eagle
  • 11/11/2008
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The legal implications of nontraditional workweeks

  • By: Workforce Management
  • 11/11/2008
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250 Liberty Medical employees getting settlement checks

  • By: Treasure Coast Palm
  • 11/11/2008
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Wage and hour cases may fuel uptick in business lawsuits

Book: Billions Stolen from Workers

  • By: Union City Archives
  • 11/11/2008
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Staffing Firm Owner Gets 6-1/2 years for massive payroll scam

  • By: Workforce Management
  • 11/06/2008
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Workers responding to internet ads cheated out of wages

  • By: Idaho Business Review
  • 11/04/2008
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Meatpacker is fined nearly $10 million

  • By: The New York Times
  • 11/03/2008
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Atlanta cops about to collect $7.5 million city settlement

  • By: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • 11/03/2008
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Thousands of cheated guestworkers to recover lost wages in SPLC forestry case

  • By: Southern Poverty Law Center
  • 11/03/2008
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SPLC Sues TN Cheese Company After Workers Arrested, Threatened with Deportation

  • By: Southern Poverty Law Center
  • 11/03/2008
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Comptroller: Nassau health aide firms owe back pay

Temps, in Name Alone

DOL Orders Globaltek to Pay Back Wages for H-1B Violations

Banning Forced Overtime

  • By: Human Resource Executive Online
  • 10/30/2008
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Lawsuit seeks OT for bankers

It's the Fall of Saigon

E-mails, Phone Calls and Wage & Hour Problems

Comptroller Reports Debarring 26 Contractors For Wage Violations

Saigon Grill Workers Get $4.6 Million Payday

New Cottage Industry--Suits over Small Wage and Hour Claims

For $2-an-Hour Restaurant Deliverymen, a $4.6 Million Judgment

SouthEast Waffles tries to block wage-and-hour lawsuit

MN Court refuses to decertify class of Caribou Coffee managers seeking OT pay

With Economy, Day Laborer Jobs Dwindle

  • By: The New York Times
  • 10/21/2008
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Why You Should Work Less

Help Wanted: A Secretary of Labor Who Cares About Workers

FedEx drivers win $14.4 million in labor case

  • By: The Bakersfield Californian (AP)
  • 10/21/2008
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SPLC Sues Tennessee Cheese Company After Latino Workers Seeking Pay are Arrested, Threatened with Deportation

Settlement will allow thousands of Mexican laborers in US to collect back pay

Restaurant pays back wages, penalties to workers

Bush Administration Attacks Wage and Hour Laws, Jobless Workers

Supermarket Cheated Workers, State Says

Carwash Workers at LA Carwash Covered by Living Wage Ordinance

  • By: California Chronicle
  • 10/14/2008
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Judge Dismisses Hotel's Suit Against Living Wage

  • By: Los Angeles Business Journal
  • 10/08/2008
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Minimum wage increases may have less of an effect on employment

  • By: News release at IU
  • 10/08/2008
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NC Labor Chief: enforcer or partner to business?

Utah Japanese restaurant accused of labor law violations

19 ex-employees sue Hofbrauhaus in Las Vegas over tips

  • By: San Jose Mercury News
  • 10/07/2008
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Suit charges overtime at Cemex

Benton County sheriff's deputies get $42,000 settlement for off-duty care of dogs

  • By: Tri-city Herald (WA state)
  • 09/29/2008
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Bridegwater NJ firm to pay more than $54K in back wages to foreign workers

  • By: MyCentralJersey.com
  • 09/25/2008
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Rabbis to Form Task Force on Kosher Food and Labor

No Break for Wal-Mart on its Meal Policy

MA high court reinstates suit vs. Wal-Mart

Big construction contractor sued over wages

Angola restaurant owes $40,000 in unpaid wages

  • By: Ft Wayne Journal-Gazette
  • 09/22/2008
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Earl's Restaurants in US agree to back-pay deal

Migrant workers sue farm, grower over benefits

  • By: NE Mississippi Daily Journal
  • 09/22/2008
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Foreign lifeguards stiffed as employer shuts down

More than 300 Chattanoogans join lawsuit against Pilgrim's Pride

  • By: Trading Markets.com
  • 09/22/2008
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Caregivers are protected by wage and hour laws

Mandatory overtime hours included in average weekly wage

  • By: Illinois Workers Compensation
  • 09/22/2008
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Man says lounge failed to pay him, others overtime

  • By: West Virginia Record
  • 09/15/2008
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More things that matter more than lipstick

Crew stuck as processor fails to pay

  • By: Dutch Harbor Fisherman
  • 09/15/2008
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DHH: Pay overtime for work during storm

  • By: The Advertiser.com
  • 09/15/2008
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Deducting credit-card fees is more than just business, servers say

Workers sue upscale rooftop bar and NY nightlife mogul for withheld tips and unpaid wages

Meatpacker may lose kosher certification

  • By: The New York Times
  • 09/11/2008
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Slaughterhouse charged with using child labor

Bosses worry if telecommuters are really working

CA AG gets contractor to pay $1.4 M in overtime pay

Meatpacker faces charges of violating child labor laws

  • By: The New York Times
  • 09/10/2008
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Lexington, KY to settle overtime lawsuit for $2 million

  • By: Lexington Herald-Leader
  • 09/08/2008
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One million more care workers needed by 2016

CA Attorney General Cracks Down on Worker Abuses at Ports

  • By: California Attorney General
  • 09/08/2008
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Correction staff, county settle comp-time lawsuit

  • By: Poughkeepsie Journal
  • 09/08/2008
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Farmworkers exploited, even enslaved, in Florida

  • By: St Petersburg Times
  • 09/08/2008
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CHarter agrees to pay workers $28.5M in class-action suit

  • By: Capital Times (Madison, WI)
  • 09/04/2008
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Gristedes Loses Overtime Class Action and is Found Liable for Retaliation

  • By: Market Watch, Wall St. Journal
  • 09/03/2008
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Trainers defend their pay scales for workers

  • By: Albany Times Union
  • 09/02/2008
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Fastenal to pay $10 Million to settle class action lawsuit

  • By: Industrial Distribution
  • 09/02/2008
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Servers say diners are leaving smaller tips

FDR's secretary of labor fought for workers

  • By: Kennebec (Maine) Journal
  • 09/02/2008
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Journey to the eight-hour day

Wal-Mart Shareholders Benefit from Nevada Judge on Worker Pay

The Department of Labor: A Damage Assessment

Baltimore Stadium Cleaners Organized by Workers Center Join AFSCME

Racetrack Workers Aren't Paid Minimum Wage, State Agency Finds

Apple sued for indentured servitude

FedEx Loses Investors as Courts Upend Founder's Independent Contractor Model

What Tech Workers Should Know about FLSA

  • By: Employment Law Professors Blog
  • 08/20/2008
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Carwashes Violating Wage Laws

Faith groups push to increase minimum wage to $10 an hour

Modest Success Justifies Cut in Lawyer's Fees, Panel Says

  • By: New York Law Journal
  • 08/13/2008
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The Amazing "Reality" of Reality TV

Judge's ruling in FAA overtime case could cost government millions

Dark Meat

Ray of Hope -- Paid Sick Leave

  • By: Ventura County Star
  • 08/07/2008
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Apple lawsuit to decide eligiblity for overtime pay

Hovering Above Poverty, Grasping for Middle Class

Employees accuse drywall firm of labor violations

After courthouse raids, scrutiny now on janitors' hiring

  • By: Providence Journal
  • 08/04/2008
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Officials of Building Firm Accused of Cheating Workers and City

DOL Enforcement Questioned

  • By: Human Resource Executive Online
  • 07/31/2008
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Reining in Attorneys Fees in FLSA Litigation

Firms squeeze the workweek

  • By: Christian Science Monitor
  • 07/30/2008
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Even with an increase, the poor are still poor

IL Home care company ignored wage law

  • By: Mt. Vernon Register-News
  • 07/30/2008
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Artiaga Solutions of Metairie to pay back wages after DOL investigation

Construction workers in Bronx split $1.23 million

  • By: The New York Times
  • 07/30/2008
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Reining In Attorneys' Fees In FLSA Collective Actions: Factors Emphasized By Courts In Scrutinizing Fee Applications

  • By: Metropolitan Corporate Counsel
  • 07/30/2008
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After Iowa Raid, Immigrants Fuel Labor Inquiries

Minimum-wage workers live on the edge

Obama today sends letter to Secretary of Labor expressing concerns that Department of Labor is not fulfilling its mission

What's a Raise if your Boss Doesn't Pay You?

Minimum wage hike: Who's getting it?

Employers Need Clear Policies on After-Hours Use of BlackBerrys

  • By: Talent Management.com
  • 07/24/2008
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Domestic Workers Spurred Montgomery Protections

Government Funds Help Workers Recover Wages

  • By: Atlanta Journal-Constitution
  • 07/22/2008
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Minimum Wage Rises This Week

34 Ohio Charities to share $14 million cy pres funds

  • By: Cleveland Plain Dealer
  • 07/21/2008
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Employees Hit Dell with class-action lawsuit

Measuring the Value of Class and Collective Action Employment Settlements

Caribou Coffee ground down employee tips, lawsuit claims

  • By: Minneapolis Star Tribune
  • 07/21/2008
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Minimum help for the neediest wage earners

  • By: St Petersburg Times
  • 07/21/2008
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Domestic Workers Bill Passes in Montgomery

Democrats Seek to Bolster Wage and Hour Enforcement

  • By: Workforce Management
  • 07/16/2008
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USDOL is Criticized on Disputes over wages

Poll: Small Minority Impacted by New Minimum Wage

Taking Work Home

  • By: TonganoxieMirror.com
  • 07/14/2008
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Verizon, subcontractor face suit on OT pay

John Edwards Helps Kick Off NJ Minimum Wage Campaign

Owners: Wage hike will not affect businesses

Ex-editor challenges TripAdvisor labor policies

Advocates Speak Up for Undocumented Verizon Day Laborers Cheated of Wages

10th Circuit Concludes Military Recruiters Are Not "Outside Salesmen"

Wage law pits union against local contractor

Ellen Webster Palmer: Friend of the Working Boy

  • By: The Citizens Voice
  • 07/07/2008
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Seattle-area Malay Satay Hut employees to get $660K in back wages

Wal-Mart Faces Fine in MN Involving Work Breaks

Day Laborers Stiffed on Pay

Tell Doc you should get paid for drive time

Workers Win overtime suit for donning and doffing

Residential day-hab workers file suit for overtime

Pilgrim’s Pride workers denied proper overtime pay

Lawsuit alleges Little India beauty salon exploits workers

Labor Needs to Improve Conditions for Nonunion Workers, Official Warns

Mass of wage suits angers bench

  • By: National Law Journal
  • 06/20/2008
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Judge Approves Deal to Settle Suit Over Wage Violations

Union Launches PriceWaterhouse Coopers Overtime Lawsuit Site

Support for Flexible Work Legislation Firming Up

Editorial: After 75 Years, the Working Poor Still Struggle for a Fair Wage

Court Rules Cintas Corp. Ignored Hayward CA Living Wage Law

CA payday lawsuit settles for grocery store workers

Domestic Workers Unite!

Former Wage and Hour Administrator Offers a Glimpse Inside the DOL

Court victory on tips for [UK] bar staff

  • By: Director of Finance Online
  • 06/14/2008
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Feds sue state Department of Corrections, seeking overtime pay

Class action overtime lawsuit against trucking company

  • By: Bendich, Stobaugh & Strong
  • 06/12/2008
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New Wage-and-Hour Provision Will Test Employers

Keep the Change [Tipped Workers in the UK]

Employer Liability: The Joints Are Jumpin'

  • By: GC California Magazine
  • 06/10/2008
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Supreme Court Rejects Appeals Over Pay While Changing Clothes

Labor inspectors root out violations along Central Valley back roads

Employer Liability: The Joints Are Jumpin'

The Shameless Scam of Restaurant Tips [UK]

Women's Work - Editorial Supporting the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights

Motor Carrier Exemption Watch: Exemption from Overtime Liability for Light-Truck Drivers' Employers Passed

  • By: NELA's On the Hill (May 15, 2008)
  • 06/06/2008
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Lawsuit: Comp time misused

  • By: Poughkeepsie Journal
  • 06/06/2008
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E-Z Supply Ordered to Pay IWWs $1 Million

PA debates use of 'independent contractor' label

SF parking violator sues city for minimum wage violations

Court sides with Phila. paramedics on overtime pay

  • By: Philadephia Inquirer
  • 05/30/2008
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Immigrants sue Yonkers developer

Burger King, farmworker group agree on wage deal

Change to Win Hails Bill to Stop Wage Theft Due to Misclassification

Lawsuit to be Filed by Bet Tzedek, Bush Gottlieb Alleges Widespread Labor Violations by Carwash Owner

  • By: Bet Tzedek Legal Services
  • 05/20/2008
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Are Exempt Employees the New Wage Slaves

Kennedy Pushing OSHA Reform

  • By: Inside OSHA (via Workplace Prof Blog)
  • 05/13/2008
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500-Plus Workers Suing U.S. Steel

Guest, Local Workers Suffer at Employer's Will

California Computer Professionals Take On IBM - Again

  • By: Lawyers & Settlements
  • 05/06/2008
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American Issues No-Tip Policy For Skycaps at Boston Airport

Move to cut wages of tip earners fails

  • By: St. Louis Post-Dispatch
  • 04/25/2008
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Skycaps sue US Airways over tips lost to curbside fees

Are Blackberrys the Next Battleground in Wage-and-Hour Litigation?

  • By: Wall Street Journal
  • 04/22/2008
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Worked and Overworked -- from The Big Squeeze

  • By: New York Times - Steven Greenhouse
  • 04/20/2008
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Should You Pay Your Student Intern?

Ending Slavery for Pennies

Wage and Hour Litigation Leads Top 2007 Workplace Rulings

  • By: Workforce Management
  • 04/14/2008
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Dancers for Hire at Queens Club Claim Wage Violations

HSBC Hit With Overtime Lawsuit on Behalf of Misclassified and Non-Exempt Branch Employees

  • By: tradingmarkets.com
  • 04/10/2008
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Labor Organizing by Executive Order?! - Governor Spitzer and the Unionization of Home-Based Child Day Providers

  • By: SSRN Working Paper [via Workplace Prof Blog]
  • 04/09/2008
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Famed Bronx Bakery Is Told to Halt Work Over Pay Abuse Claims

Skycaps Win Tip Case Against American

  • By: BNA [via Workplace Prof Blog]
  • 04/08/2008
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Same judges who issued stay to rule on merits of San Francisco health law

  • By: Business Insurance
  • 04/07/2008
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Call Center Lawsuits on the Rise

The End of Class Action Lawsuits?

  • By: Redtape Chronicles, MSNBC
  • 04/03/2008
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Tipping the Balance - Working for Tips in the UK

Court permits workers to file FLSA consents to sue under seal

  • By: U.S. Court of Claims
  • 03/31/2008
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MA Governor issues Executive Order cracking down on underground economy

Call center employees sue for back wages

Employee may amend FLSA complaint to add retaliation claim

Inspectors Find Dirt on Books at Southern California Car Washes

Working-Class Struggle: Three housekeepers and a day laborer take action against deadbeat employers who abuse immigrants

  • By: San Francisco Weekly
  • 03/20/2008
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Employee sues Charter Communications for back pay

  • By: Milwaukee Business Journal
  • 03/20/2008
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