To ensure workers do not have to choose between their paychecks and public health measures, the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act and Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act, both part of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA), reimburses private employers with fewer than 500 employees with tax credits for the cost of providing… Read More »
Davenport Iowa Gender Based Pay Discrimination Lawyer
Pay discrimination continues to be a persistent problem for women in the workforce. Despite strides to reduce gender pay gaps, women typically receive only 79% of what men make even when taking into account occupation, location, level of education and age. Federal Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act Paying women… Read More »
More Employees May Be Eligible for Overtime Pay
In a new regulation issued by the Labor Department, millions more employees will be eligible for overtime pay as early as December 1st. Under the new rules, eligible workers earning up to $47,476 a year must receive time and a half in overtime pay, a threshold previously set at $23,660 back in 2004. Opponents of… Read More »
Iowa Denied Overtime Pay
Iowa workers employed at a Tyson pork processing plant may have found a path toward victory in the U.S. Supreme Court, allowing them to band together in a class action lawsuit seeking overtime pay. The case developed over workers seeking to recover overtime pay for time they had spent putting on and taking off protective… Read More »