To further aid employers in their effort to comply with the new requirements for wage statements imposed by the Wage Theft Prevention Act (WTPA), the New York Department of Labor posted a sample wage statement, which you may obtain by clicking here. For a discussion of the requirements of the WTPA, see the April 4, 2011 special issue of the New Jersey eAuthority.
According to nationwide data for 2011 compiled by the American Association of University Women (AAUW) from federal sources such as the U.S. Census Bureau, the U.S. Department of Education and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Louisiana has the second-largest pay gap between men and women across the nation. While women in Louisiana have a median annual income of $31,844, their male counterparts earn $46,313 at their jobs; that is, almost 32 percent more.
Private contractors that provide fire service protection beware: you may not be able to claim partial exemptions for overtime under section 7(k) of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
The Second Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) alleging that non-supervisory attorneys at the Port Authority were paid less than their male counterparts. In doing so, the court held that the EEOC had not sufficiently alleged that the groups performed equal work because the agency failed to allege any facts concerning the attorneys’ actual job duties.
