July 30 was “Whistleblower Appreciation Day” in the United States Senate. This is the fourth consecutive year that the Senate has passed a resolution recognizing the date and expressing support for whistleblowers—courageous government and private-sector workers and contractors who risk their livelihoods and reputations to expose corruption, graft and misconduct within their organizations. This date is no accident. The American tradition of supporting whistleblowers dates back 238 years to July … [Read more...]
Will you be entitled to Overtime?
If you’re a salaried store manager, administrative assistant, or other “white collar” employee, chances are your employer doesn’t pay you overtime—no matter how many hours you work in a given week. But new federal rules that take effect this December will force employers to start paying overtime to millions more salaried white collar workers. Will you be one of them? Federal law requires that most employees get paid at time-and-a-half if they work more than 40 hours in a given week. And … [Read more...]
Supreme Court Strikes Blow in Favor of Whistleblowers
In May, we wrote about how U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia’s death might impact a key whistleblower case brought under the False Claims Act. It turns out that Justice Scalia’s presence might not have made much of a difference: The eight remaining Justices came through with a significant—and unanimous—victory for whistleblower plaintiffs, and delivered a strong rebuke to government contractors that would defraud taxpayers through misleading omissions and then evade responsibility by … [Read more...]
New York Scored Major Victory Under The Tax Fraud Provision of Its False Claims Act
The New York Court of Appeals handed the state’s Attorney General a big victory in 2015 in a case involving tax fraud under the state’s False Claims Act. New York’s highest court ruled that the Attorney General may proceed with a lawsuit against Sprint for knowingly defying a state tax law that requires telecom companies to collect sales tax on the entirety of flat-rate contracts with its mobile customers. The lawsuit alleges that Sprint initially complied with the law, which was enacted in … [Read more...]
California Cities Boost Minimum Wage For Hourly Workers
More than 77 million workers in the United States aged 16 or older were paid hourly wages in 2014, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Those 77 million-plus workers make up more than 58 percent of the American work force. In California, more than 9 million workers were paid hourly wages in 2014, representing more than 60 percent of all workers in the state. As of January 1, 2016, California’s minimum wage is $10.00 per hour. The federal minimum wage is, by contrast, is only … [Read more...]
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