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Click for a detailed discussion of what employers can and cannot include in the application process. Generally, age is considered not to be relevant in most hiring decisions, and therefore, date-of-birth questions are improper. Both employers and employees should be aware that age is a very sensitive pre-employment question. As such, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act protects employees 40 years of age and above.
→ Read MoreEvery job is classified one of two ways – exempt or non-exempt. That classification determines whether or not your are subject to the FLSA’s (Fair Labor Standards Act) requirement of receiving overtime. But, how can you tell if your job has been misclassified?
→ Read MoreIf you’re job has been misclassified or your employer has denied overtime and you’re thinking about filing a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) lawsuit, it’s important to understand how FLSA lawsuits are filed and what information your wage and hour lawyer needs to investigate your FLSA claim or FLSA lawsuit. Our wage and hour lawyer tells you what you need to know.
→ Read MoreFLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act) lawsuits are becoming more common every day as the U.S. economy continues to struggle. If your employer has violated the FLSA, you should know what a good wage and hour lawyer can do for you and how much it will cost you.
→ Read MoreCompanies who set up IRS Code Section 419 Welfare Benefit Plans that were funded by life insurance are finding they’ve got big problems. Although insurance agents told business owners that their contributions would be tax deductible, they’re actually reportable transactions – which has left many companies owing taxes they simply can’t pay.
→ Read MoreScams & schemes involving Internal Revenue Code Section 412(i) pension plan fraud have taken many business owners by surprise. Told by insurance companies that contributions to their employee retirement plans could be up to ten times more than a traditional plan, and that withdrawing up to 80% of funds could be done on a pre-tax basis, business owners say that they were taken’ all for big insurance company commissions.
→ Read MoreBank of America and its mortgage lender subsidiary, Countrywide Financial Corporation, have agreed to settle a class action lawsuit which alleged that California based Countrywide violated ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) by misleading employees about its financial situation and causing their pension / 401(k) funds to plunge. While they settled their case for $55 million, how can you tell if you have an ERISA case?
→ Read MoreMany people who discover that their employer is defrauding the government consider bringing a Qui Tam, or whistleblower, lawsuit – but are concerned about their employer retaliating against them. In a recent interview, our expert explained how whistleblowers are protected from employer retaliation.
→ Read MoreThe Amerigroup Corporation recently settled claims alleging that it defrauded Illinois’s Medicaid program by not enrolling pregnant women and unhealthy patients in the state’s low income program – something it was required to do. An Amerigroup employee was the first to bring a lawsuit against the company which ended up costing it $225 million.
→ Read MoreA whistleblower lawsuit filed by Medtronic Inc.’s former senior legal counsel, Amy Kelley, alleges that the company provided doctors with shocking “perks” in exchange for using Medtronic’s spinal products during surgery. This is only one of several whistleblower lawsuits filed against the company, but wait until you read the accusations in this lawsuit…
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