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Convicted criminals and other people with arrest records should find it easier to land a job, thanks to a new policy announced last week by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Policy bans employers from using arrest and conviction record as sole basis to turn away applicants, unless there is a compelling business reason to do so Refusal to hire people with criminal records had disproportionate affect on employment potential for African-Americans People fired or denied a job based on criminal …

If you’ve ever worked as a server at a restaurant, then you know what a slow shift is like. After eight hours on the floor, you only help a handful of tables, and some are inevitably bad tippers. Your base hourly wage probably doesn’t exceed $2.13, and so you end up receiving compensation below the federal minimum wage of $7.25.   Employees should report all infractions of the Federal Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to the Department of Labor. Restaurants risk …