The Department of Labor announced on January 9, 2009 that Sandia Corporation, doing business as Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, has agreed to pay over $2 million in overtime back wages to 2,657 research employees after a DOL investigation...
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On November 19, 2008, a bill entitled “Stop the Greed on Wall Street Act” (S. 3693) was introduced in the Senate. The bill would cap executive compensation for employees of companies receiving funds from the $700 billion Troubled Assets Relief...
October 27, 2008
by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsThe U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that Blacks and Hispanics disproportionately suffer from serious labor market problems despite gains in average educational...
September 02, 2008
by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory Affairs
- House Passes Paycheck Fairness Act; President Bush Opposes: The U.S. House of Representatives has approved the Paycheck Fairness Act (H.R. 1338). The White House, however, issued a statement...
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has released a new report titled “Fair Labor Standards Act: Better Use of Available Resources and Consistent Reporting Could Improve Compliance” during a House Education and Labor Committee hearing held...
May 21, 2008
by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsSen. George Voinovich (R-Ohio) has introduced the Fair Pay Act of 2008 (S. 2945) requiring that time limits for filing pay discrimination claims begin to run when the employee “knew or should...
by Patricia Schaeffer, Vice President-Regulatory AffairsOn April 23, 2008, the Senate voted 56-42 to block debate on the Fair Pay Restoration Act, a bill that would reverse the controversial Supreme Court ruling in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber
On January 24, 2008, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) held a hearing on S. 1843, the “Fair Pay Restoration Act,” a bill that would overturn the Supreme Court’s decision in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co....
