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Five protestors were arrested last week in Philadelphia for blocking traffic in an effort to call attention to a crime that is a menace to hourly workers nationwide: wage theft. Wage theft can refer to any number of ways in which an employer shorts employees on the pay they are legally entitled to, be it by paying less than minimum wage, not paying overtime, making people work off the clock, dipping into tips or refusing to pay last wages for workers …

The Dunkin’ Brands restaurant company, which includes Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin Robbins, is pushing regulators to narrow the Affordable Care Act‘s definition of a full-time employee.  Currently, the health reform law considers employees who work 30 hours a week full-time for the purposes of insurance availability. Dunkin’ Brands would have the government use a 40-hour workweek benchmark instead. Under the ACA, companies that employ more than 50 full-time workers must either offer them health insurance or pay a penalty of …

A former assistant is suing pop star Lady Gaga for more than 7,000 hours in overtime pay, claiming the singer shorted her for her around-the-clock help from 2009 through 2011. Jenifer O’Neill is seeking $393,000 plus damages for time she spent above and beyond 40 hours a week at her $75,000 per year job. O’Neill claims in the lawsuit that she was at Gaga’s “beck and call” with few breaks and scarce time for meals or sleep. The singer, famous …

EEOC Targets Pregnancy Discrimination Pregnancy brings a host of new concerns to an expectant mother’s life — but whether she’ll be forced out of her job shouldn’t be one of them. Pregnancy discrimination has become a hot-button issue for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which enforces federal laws prohibiting employment discrimination. If your employer thinks your pregnancy makes you a liability, it may be in trouble. Find Out More…   Red Lobster Short-Changes Servers to Avoid Obamacare Sticking it to …

Sticking it to waiters and waitresses who are already underpaid and overworked is turning out to be business as usual for Darden Restaurants Inc., which owns Olive Garden and Red Lobster. After being sued in September by workers alleging they are being shorted on overtime and even minimum wage, the company reportedly announced earlier in October that it plans to move more of its beleaguered staff from full- to part-time status in order to avoid having to pay for their …