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These employees work without receiving pay, and were not permitted to use paid leave, until their agencies are funded, but were already guaranteed their back pay. [3] In addition, other federal employees not affected by the shutdown are considered exempt for various reasons (such as not being funded by annual appropriations) and receive regular ...
Long Island woman, 62, lives paycheck-to-paycheck on $2,400/month, has no savings and is struggling to survive — but she refuses to collect Social Security until 70. Here’s why Vawn Himmelsbach
Employee's refusal to commit an illegal act: An employer is not permitted to fire an employee because the employee refuses to commit an act that is illegal. Employer is not following the company's own termination procedures : In some cases, an employee handbook, company policy, or collective bargaining agreement outlines the procedure that must ...
Generally, the WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more employees, not counting those who have worked fewer than six months in the last twelve-month work period, or those who work an average of less than 20 hours a week. Employees entitled to advance notice under the WARN Act include managers, supervisors, hourly wage, and salaried workers.
Most employees are entitled to be paid overtime for any hours worked over 40 in one week (and no, your employer can't average two or more weeks together). Unless you work for a tiny and purely ...
On Jan. 28, millions of federal employees received an email from the Office of Personal Management (OPM) with an unexpected offer to resign by Feb. 6 in exchange for eight months of pay and benefits.
The most blatant form of wage theft is for an employee to not be paid for work done. An employee being asked to work overtime, working through breaks, or being asked to report early and/or leave late without pay is being subjected to wage theft. This is sometimes justified as displacing a paid meal break without guaranteeing meal break time.
Worker advocacy groups have also sought to limit work hours, making a working week of 40 hours or less standard in many countries. A 35-hour workweek was established in France in 2000, although this standard has been considerably weakened since then. Workers may agree with employers to work for longer, but the extra hours are payable overtime.