Topic
Wages
243 published works
Connecticut Employment Law Blog
Wage & Hour Rx Wrapup: What Employers Need To Know
Yesterday's seminar on Wage & Hour Rx, sponsored by the CBIA, went very well and I thank all of the attendees for their great questions and comments. It made for…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Unionization Improves Pay for Immigrant Workers
Unionization Substantially Improves the Pay and Benefits of Immigrant WorkersContact: Alan Barber, 202-293-5380 x115Washington, D.C.- A new report by the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) documents a large…
Green Building Law Update
Do LEED APs Get Higher Wages?
Douglas Reiser, who publishes at the Builders Counsel Blog, recently posted an interesting question regarding Davis-Bacon wage determinations for green building projects: "What do you think about Davis-Bacon worker/payment classifications…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Why Immigration Boosts Wages — and Not Just In California
A Newsweek story "Why Immigration Boosts Wages -- and Not Just In California" by Tony Dokoupil discusses the latest research of Professor Giovanni Peri, an economist and immigration colleague of mine at UC…
California Employment Law Update
Tip-Pooling Is Not Prohibited Under FLSA
By Tony Oncidi
Cumbie v. Woody Woo, Inc., 596 F.3d 577 (2010) Misty Cumbie worked as a waitress at the Vita Café (owned and operated by Woody Woo, Inc.). Woo required its servers…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Federal Contractors and Wages and Benefits
According to an article by Steven Greenhouse in today's New York Times, the Obama Administration plans to use federal procurement policy to promote better wages and benefits for workers, as…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Immigration and Wages—Methodological advancements confirm modest gains for native workers
Here is an abstract on a new study on the economic impacts of immigration by Heidi Shierholz:In the ongoing debate on immigration, there is broad agreement among academic economists that…
San Antonio Employment Law Blog
Final Paycheck Due in Six Days in Texas
Texas Workforce Commission is supposed to enforce the Texas statutes regarding wages. A statute is a law passed by the state legislature. TWC provides a summary of the Texas Payday…
Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
Illinois workers compensation lawyer update- teacher pay
By Mike Helfand
Are you a teacher with an Illinois workers' compensation claim? If so, a new case from the Illinois Appellate Court demands your attention. In the case, a teacher had a…
ImmigrationProf Blog
New SSRN Immigration Articles
We have a number of great new immigration articles from the Social Science Research Network (www.ssrn.com): "Offshoring, Immigration, and the Native Wage Distribution" WILLIAM W. OLNEY, University of Colorado at Boulder. …