The U.S. Department of Education has fined San Francisco-based Heald College, a member of the for-profit Corinthian College system, nearly $30 million for falsifying graduate job placement rates.
The U.S. Department of Education has fined San Francisco-based Heald College, a member of the for-profit Corinthian College system, nearly $30 million for falsifying graduate job placement rates. A federal investigation discovered that Heald College was underhandedly...
A new survey from the Economic Policy Institute (EPI) estimates that wage theft (the failure to pay what workers are legally entitled to) in the United States costs workers over $50 billion dollars every year. These missing wages are the result of employers not paying...
Global Horizons, a California-based labor contractor, was found liable by a federal court for the abuse and discrimination of hundreds of migrant Thai workers on six farms in Hawaii. Allegations against Global Horizons included physical abuse against workers, as well...
In a rebuke to employers who prefer to issue prepaid debit cards instead of paychecks, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a letter to employers engaged in this practice that their companies, by law, cannot force employees to be paid in such a way....
Clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch has settled two employment discrimination lawsuits filed after two Muslim women were discriminated against for wearing hijabs, Islamic religious headscarves. Abercrombie will pay the women a total of $71,000 plus attorneys...
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA), those employers who allow or require their employees to work overtime are generally required to pay them at a premium rate for their services. The FLSA, however, does not apply to all workers. Specifically excluded...
