By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate. The Big Texan Steak Ranch restaurant (home of the 72-ounce steak dinner) recently paid $800,000 to settle a labor department dispute in which it was alleged that the restaurant took too much of a bite out of tips to workers. A 2011 audit […]
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By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate. On April 8, 2014, the President signed a memo that would require government contractors to submit extensive reporting on their salary practices. Additionally, he signed an executive order applicable to government contractors that prohibits any retaliation against individuals when there has been a […]
By Kelline R. Linton, Junior Associate. Last week, President Obama signed an executive order that raised the minimum wage for federal contractors to $10.10 an hour from the current rate of $7.25. The following is a breakdown of the key implementation aspects of this Order: The Scope of […]
By Linda H. Evans, Senior Associate. As expected, in the President’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night, he announced that he is raising the minimum wage for workers under federal contracts to $10.10 per hour. The new policy, which will be instituted by executive order, may […]