When a child is born, balancing work and family is a challenge most parents face. When trying to aid working parents, people mostly discuss helping workings mothers, but encouraging fathers is equally as important. Assuming that mothers always take on the bigger role in parenting only contributes to the imbalance. However, poor paid leave programs, […]
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Workers in Washington, D.C. enjoy a wide range of employment protections and benefits, such as those concerning workplace discrimination and unpaid wages. For many employees, these protections go unnoticed, as the employer will treat its workers fairly, even if there isn’t a law requiring that it do so. But on occasion, an employer will mistreat
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When workers in Maryland provide services for an employer, they should receive compensation for their labor. This seems obvious, but it doesn’t always happen. Luckily, Maryland workers have a variety of state remedies to rely on to obtain the compensation they are entitled to in addition to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA).
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When a Virginia worker provides labor services to an employer, the worker should receive full compensation for his or her efforts. In the majority of circumstances, this occurs. But in certain situations, an employer won’t pay its workers what they’re entitled to, either as required by law or pursuant to an employment contract. If Virginia
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One of the oldest legal actions is the breach of contract lawsuit. It’s based on the idea that when two parties agree to do something and one of the parties does not, the aggrieved party should be able to enforce the promise made. But how exactly does this work in an unpaid wage situation? What
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When there’s a legal dispute about an employee’s wages, the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) is almost always mentioned. There are a number of reasons for this, including the fact that it’s a federal law, which means it will apply regardless of what state the employee is in. This blog post will provide
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When it comes to wages, we all know that with certain jobs (typically those that pay by the hour), working overtime means getting higher pay. In most cases it’s time-and-a-half, or 50% more money for each hour worked. There may be several laws that require this additional compensation, but the primary law is the Fair
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On July 17 the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee passed the Federal Information Systems Safeguards Act of 2018. This bill could severely restrict the websites any federal worker accesses while at work. The bill also gives the head of a government agency the authority to prevent federal workers from going to websites they deem
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Cryptocurrency is a new technology that allows individuals to collect units of currency and transfer funds without the use of a central bank. While relatively new, there is no doubt cryptocurrency can be considered assets, as it holds value. The U.S. Office of Government Ethics (OGE) has recognized this in a new requirement for some
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On June 28, a new bill was introduced in the House that would grant U.S. federal employees up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave upon the birth or adoption of a child. The bill is called the Federal Employees Paid Parental Leave Act of 2018 and strives to help the federal government keep up
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