Maryland: First State to Bar Employers From Demanding Social Media InfoOn Wednesday, May 2, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley signed S.B. 433, the nation’s first law barring employers from demanding employees or job applicants to disclose their user name or password for accessing social media accounts. The law is effective October 1, 2012.
|
7 Comments
URBANA – A federal judge in Urbana has ordered the owner and manager of a restaurant business in Central Illinois to pay a total of $1,149,702.50 in back wages and damages to 64 workers employed as servers and kitchen staff. The judgment resolves a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor following an investigation by its Wage and Hour Division that disclosed willful violations of the minimum wage, overtime pay and record-keeping provision of the FLSA at three locations.
Source: http://www.dol.gov CHICAGO – In a lawsuit against a Chicago employer, the U.S. Department of Labor obtained a summary judgment in federal court requiring the company, the owners and officers pay 57 workers more than $200,000 in back wages and liquidated damages for violations of the overtime and record-keeping provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The judgment also permanently enjoins the defendants from violating the FLSA in the future
Source: http://www.dol.gov |
Elite HR Team: Everything Employment Related, For Small BusinessesProtecting your bottom-line and engaging your workforce. Total HR solutions for small businesses. 
Archives
June 2015
Categories
All
|
RSS Feed
