The Miller Act requires prime contractors working on certain federal government construction contracts to post bonds guaranteeing both performance of the contract and payment of subcontractors and materials suppliers. 40 U.S.C. §§ 3131 through 3134. Nearly every state has its own Miller Act, refer...
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Child labor laws in the US are designated by the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA). If a state doesn’t have its own child labor laws, it must default to the federal minor labor laws. Many states use a combination of federal law and their own state modifications. The FLSA states...
It wasn't until the New Deal that Congress enacted a federal minimum wage law. The Fair Labor Standards Act that was passed in 1938 set the minimum wage at $0.25 per hour.7That wage was worth $5.55 as of November 2024 if you adjust it forinflation.89 ...
Two days before Christmas, a group led by President-elect Donald Trump's chief architect of immigration policy wrote to state, county and city officials in so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions to threaten criminal prosecution, jail time and their personal finances ...
Iran Economic Sanctions Act (SB 1024):Signed into law on December 28, 2012. The law prohibits prohibit an individual, financial institution, or company that provides goods and services or a line of credit worth at least $20 million to the energy sector of Iran from entering into a contract...
What does the law say about severance pay? Neither federal norstate lawsin the United States mandateseverance pay. TheU.S. Department of Laborclarifies that “severance payis a matter of agreement between an employer and an employee (or the employee’s representative),” with no requirement und...
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Despite lower state-approved minimums, federal law dictates that the higher of either the state or federal minimum is legally applicable, which means that the enforceable minimum wage in Georgia and Wyoming is $7.25.2 Employers cannot pay their nonexempt hourly workers less than the federal mark...
Or at least that seems to be the perception of a federal judge in Brooklyn. Is he correct under the law? With any luck, the appellate courts will soon tell us – and I surely hope they tell us no. Otherwise, I think we have a big problem on our hands, of which this is merely ...