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Pay Me: New York Real Estate Company Uses Its Handbook as A Shield Against Liability

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Employee handbooks are recommended for several reasons, including that they set forth key company policies. Well-written handbook policies state how compensation will be addressed and who has the power to bind the company. Further, the handbook explained that no one at the company had the right to orally modify the bonus policy.

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Do Whistleblower Protections Apply if Only Internal Policies are Violated?

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During the 2011-12 school year, she had a difficult student who kicked, hit, slapped, bit, spit at, and verbally abused the other children. the handbook) could be considered a “violation of the law.”. Christopher School in Nashua. The analysis turned on whether a violation of the school’s internal policies and procedures (i.e.,

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These were the most read posts of 2023. Plus, a MAJOR announcement coming on Friday…

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I didn’t know that when I started writing this blog in 2011, the enjoyment I get from writing about employment law and engaging with you nerds about it would continue to grow. .” Nine times out of ten, that’s how I close my replies to readers of this blog who email me. But it has.

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How Much ‘Side Work’ Can Employees Do and Still Be Paid Tipped Minimum Wage?

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In deciding whether Wayne’s claim was valid, the court looked to the DOL’s regulations, which took effect in April 2011. The regulations provide that if an employee is engaged in two occupations (one tipped and one nontipped), the employer may not take the tip credit for hours worked in the nontipped occupation.

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FLSA: Do Tipped Workers Have a Minimum Wage Claim?

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He also claims that until May 2011, the restaurants failed to give servers information required by federal law as a condition of paying a tip-credit wage. Brenneman of Fox, Swibel, Levin & Carroll, LLP , and an editor of the Illinois Employment Law Letter. Full stack. This article was written by Steven L.

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Wherein, I marvel at the majesty of #F8. And something about the Americans with Disabilities Act too.

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But, while I’m here to dispense non-legal employment-law advice — we’ll get to that in a sec — I can give you a little non-gambling wagering advice too. Ok, time to talk employment law. And, even more so, whether an employer can change the essential functions of a job. Manville Co.

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Auto Service Advisors Entitled to Overtime, Despite Inadequate DOL Regs

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In 2011, the DOL defined those terms as follows: A salesman is an employee who is employed for the purpose of and is primarily engaged in making sales or obtaining orders or contracts for sale of the automobiles, trucks, or farm implements that the establishment is primarily engaged in selling. Department of Labor (DOL) regulations.