Walmart, the largest private employer in the U.S., announced it will raise the minimum wage it pays its employees to $11 dollars an hour and expand paid parental leave to its full-time hourly workers as a result of the lower corporate tax rate that took effect under the tax reform law.
Walmart Attributes Higher Starting Wage, Expanded Benefits to Tax Reform
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Employee Challenges Change in Duties After FMLA Leave
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Notes written a year before 77-year-old was fired were direct evidence of age bias
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By Kathleen Kapusta, J.D. Notes written by a decisionmaker in the termination of a 77-year-old employee during a conference...
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Ask an Expert: Can We Fire An Employee for Sharing His Pay Increase with Coworkers?
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Under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), employers are prohibited from taking adverse action against employees who participate in...
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President Signs Tax Bill Altering Employee Benefits
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From mass transit subsidies to achievement awards, the taxability of popular perks will change uinder the tax act that...
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Executive Who Says She Was Falsely Promised Equity in Company Cannot Proceed with Lawsuit
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A former distillery president who claimed that she was induced to leave a higher paying job with false promises...
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Courts Have Dueling Interpretations of FLSA’s Fluctuating Workweek
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Wage and hour laws are an Achilles’ heel for many employers. A recent 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...
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