Law Does Not Provide for a Social Security Cost-of-Living

News Release SOCIAL SECURITY Law Does Not Provide for a Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustment for 2016 With consumer prices down…

Commission-Paid Employees Entitled to Minimum Wage or Overtime Protection?

Companies often seek to limit their risks in business, as well as limit their overall payroll expenditures. What simpler way…

The Fight For 15 Just Landed at America’s Busiest Airport

A McDonald’s worker speaks on a bullhorn outside O’Hare Airport yesterday. (Airport Workers United / Facebook) Encouraged by an energetic…

This Is How Bad the Sharing Economy Is for Workers

Silicon Valley entrepreneurs keep telling us their way of doing business will “change the world.” And in many ways it…

NetJets Pilots Ask for Better Pay for Flying Millionaires

Despite the inch of rain dumped on the city, last Thursday was a busy day in private aviation for New…

The Courage of Low-Wage Workers On Strike

This is no plea for pity for corporate kingpins like Walmart and McDonald’s inundated by workers’ demands for living wages….

Postscript: Julian Bond (1940-2015)

August 17, 2015 BY CHARLAYNE HUNTER-GAULT The opening lyric from that old civil-rights song—“Woke up this morning with my mind…

Jobs With Justice

Dear Jon, Google has the answer for almost every question under the sun, except one: why don’t all of the…

Lawyers watch wage-and-hour activity pick up as lawsuits proliferate

Business First of Columbus – by Cindy Bent Findlay For Business First Friday, December 8, 2006 The law is clear…

Unpaid Internship Programs

The Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”) sets forth the general requirement that all employers pay employees minimum wage and overtime…

Retaliation and Workers’ Compensation

The Ohio Revised Code states that no employer shall discharge, demote, or take any punitive action against an employee because…

How Does SSA Decide if I am Disabled?

Social Security follows a multi-step evaluation process. They will gather medical records from your doctors and obtain hospital records and…