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When do I get my Paycheck after leaving a job?
Whether you are fired, laid off, or voluntarily quit your job, state and federal laws govern how promptly your former employer must issue your last paycheck. While federal law establishes a minimum requirement, state laws differ on how soon you must be paid after leaving your job. Additionally, many state laws carve out separate final…
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Common Violations in Employment Law #2: Employee or Independent Contractor?
Owning and operating a small business can become overwhelming when it comes to withholding and paying payroll taxes to the IRS. That is, an employer must withhold part of the employees pay, in form of income taxes, social security, and medicare taxes. It also has to pay unemployment taxes to the state. For this reason…
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Common Violations in Employment Law #1: Overtime
As good jobs have become more and more scarce due to manufacturing outsourcing and international trade deficits, employers are beginning to realize the benefits of a surplus in the labor force. Eventually if we have more people looking for jobs than what is available, we have a situation in which the wages of the laborer…
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Right of the People
In the midst of all the violence regarding police brutality and retaliations by citizens, it becomes clear that a change is well over due. Â Gun control is a hot topic as a solution to the problem, but that addresses only one side of the issue. Â It only prohibits the people, in thier right to bear…
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Common Violations in Employment Law #1: Overtime
As good jobs have become more and more scarce due to manufacturing outsourcing and international trade deficits, employers are beginning to realize the benefits of a surplus in the labor force. Eventually if we have more people looking for jobs than what is available, we have a situation in which the wages of the laborer…
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The Supreme Court Sold Our Country to the wealthy
In 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court issued one of the most controversial decisions in modern history: Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission. With a 5–4 majority, the Court ruled that corporations and unions have a First Amendment right to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections — effectively redefining the role of money in…
