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If you worked at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard in California between 1960 and 1997, you may have been exposed to potentially toxic cancer-causing radioactive materials. Unfortunately, cancer has become one of the most widespread illnesses for veterans who spent time...
Individuals and entities that sold Manhattan residential real estate since November 2019 may have paid inflated commissions and may be owed compensation, according to an antitrust investigation launched by class action law firm Edelson Lechtzin LLP. What are the...
Federal and state laws require that employers pay their workers an appropriate amount given the labor they provide. The law establishes minimum wage rules and numerous other payroll obligations that employers must fulfill. Unfortunately, some companies try to bend...
If your paycheck gets deposited directly into your bank account, you may not actually spend much time looking at it. As long as you get the notification that the transaction has taken place, you likely don’t sit down to review that you received the exact amount that...
Labor laws have recently been changing, as announced by Vice President Kamala Harris in Philadelphia in early August of 2023. The changes are an update to the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931. This act requires that the government has to pay “prevailing local wages” when...
Employers often require their workers to sign agreements promising not to engage in “time theft,” i.e., when workers do personal things, like making phone calls, while on the clock. Employers warn workers that they could face termination or other penalties for time...
The average person often lacks the means to take on a big corporation after being harmed physically or financially by that company’s product or service. But when a large number of people with similar claims join forces, they have more power to seek rightful...
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that protects workers nationwide from abusive payroll practices. The FLSA establishes, among other things, minimum wage requirements and overtime pay rights. The FLSA requires that workers who are paid on an hourly...
It is well-known that timeshare companies target members of the United States armed forces. Service members have good-paying jobs and wages that can be garnished in the event of a default. Also, under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, service members are required...
People often talk about overtime rules as though they are simple, but the average person may not understand the intricacies of federal laws that entitle workers to overtime pay. For example, some people think they are exempt employees because they receive a salary,...