Federal employees will get a one percent pay raise in 2014, ending a four year pay freeze. The pay raise is consistent with current budget proposals but had to be finalized by executive order so that agencies could prepare to enact the raises by the first of the year....
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Month: December 2013
Employee misclassification remains widespread
At least 30 percent of employers in the United States misclassify workers, calling them independent contractors instead of employees for tax and regulatory purposes. Experts estimate that this impacts millions of workers across sectors. Being misclassified as an...
Suit claims boss made employee sign agreement on harassment
A recently filed gender discrimination lawsuit alleges that a woman’s boss forced her to sign an agreement that falsely stated that she participated willingly in inappropriate office conduct and that her boss conducted an investigation that did not actually take...
Holiday season brings reminders of minimum wage realities
In our last post we discussed the issue of the federal and state minimum wages in Washington D.C., and Maryland. As we noted, local counties and the District of Columbia have supported efforts to raise the minimum wage to a higher level that labor advocates believe...
Minimum wage to rise in D.C.
Following the actions of lawmakers in Prince George and Montgomery counties, local lawmakers on the Washington, D.C. city council have voted to raise the minimum wage well above the federally mandated $7.25. The measure to raise the minimum wage to $11.50 still must...