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The Growth in Wage-and-Hour Claims

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37 minute read April 27, 2009 at 08:35 AM
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Andrew M. Slobodien and Stacey L. Smiricky
The Growth in Wage-and-Hour Claims

Much of the recent talk in the mainstream press has been about the Employee Free Choice Act, which would modify union organizing rules, and the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act and the Paycheck Fairness Act, which target gender discrimination laws.

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