Topic
Wages
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California Employment Law Update
Pregnant Employee Could Proceed With Discrimination Claims Arising From Layoff
By Tony Oncidi
Kelly v. Stamps.com Inc., 135 Cal. App. 4th 1088 (2006) Megan Kelly was discharged as the vice president of marketing of Stamps.com when she was seven months' pregnant as part…
Labor Law Prof Blog
The Current Status of Employer Spending on Benefits vs. Wages
I have mentioned in previous posts the increasing percentage of compensation that employee benefits represent. Some put the number as high as 40%.It now appears that the cost of benefits…
ImmigrationProf Blog
Supreme Court Grants Cert in Immigration-Related RICO Case
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1134394502536Supreme Court to Review RICO Over Case of Illegal Hires The Associated Press (12-13-2005) The Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear an appeal by a Georgia floor-covering company sued by…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Empirical Research on Vacations
Work Hours, Wages, and Vacation LeaveJoseph G. Altonji & Emiko UsuiAbstractUsing the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and the Health and RetirementStudy, we provide a set of facts about vacation…
Labor Law Prof Blog
New Census Bureau Report Shows New York Leads in Wages, Los Angeles in Number of Businesses
The US Census just released the 2003 County Business Patterns. Findings include:"New York County (Manhattan), N.Y., had the highest payroll per employee among the nation's largest counties, while Los Angeles…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Labor Quote Quiz – Answer
Who said?Wages ought not to be insufficient to support a frugal and well-behaved wage-earner. For the answer, check back here this coming Friday, or if you can't wait go to…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Falling Wages
Steven Greenhouse (NYT) reports that:Even though the economy added 2.2 million jobs in 2004 and produced strong growth in corporate profits, wages for the average worker fell for the year,…
Labor Law Prof Blog
On today’s newspapers
A couple of very interesting articles in the Wall Street Journal involving employment issues:Domino's Decide It's Not All About PayFast-food chains are trying to tackle the problem of high turnover…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Wage report – EPI
No Wage Progress Despite Three Years of Recovery, according to the Economic Policy Insitute. In its December 17, Snapshot, EPI reports that:As of last month, the economic recovery that officially…
Labor Law Prof Blog
Wage and Hours Division Report
"The Employment Standards Administration's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) recovered more than $212 million in back wages in fiscal year 2003 - a 21 percent increase over the record setting…