Employment Law – 13 states raise minimum-wage, EEOC 2013 Report shows record in employee monetary relief and more.
13 states raising pay for minimum-wage workers by Paul Davidson Published on USAToday.com
The retail-worker strikes that swept the nation in 2013 did not move Congress to raise the minimum wage, but a growing number of states are taking action. The minimum wage will rise in 13 states this week, and as many as 11 states and Washington, D.C., are expected to consider increases in 2014, according to the National Employment Law Project. Approval is likely in more than half of the 11, says NELP policy analyst Jack Temple… [ Read More ]EEOC 2013 Report Shows Record $372.1 Million Secured In Employee Monetary Relief by Marta Moakley Published on jdsupra.com
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has released its Performance and Accountability Report(PAR), showing Fiscal Year 2013 to be a record year for securing monetary relief for employees. The EEOC secured a record $372.1 million in monetary recoveries through administrative enforcement of discrimination laws (including mediation and conciliation activities), with $39 million secured through litigation filed against private employers… [ Read More]
Law 2014: Within Employment Discrimination, It’s a Wage-and-Hour World by Ashby Jones Published on WSJ.com
The 2011 U.S. Supreme Court case known as Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes has in many ways made it harder for plaintiffs to bring successful workplace-discrimination class-action suits… [ Read More ]
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