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Oracle Settles $15.5M California PAGA Pay Dispute

HR Digest

The lawsuit, filed in 2016, centered on Oracles commission structure for its sales workforce. Specifically, they claimed Oracles commission calculations and payment timelines failed to meet state requirements, shortchanging workers. Two former employees alleged that the tech giants pay practices violated California wage laws.

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The 2016 #FLSA Overtime Changes: What #HR Needs to Know

HR Bartender

Even with the reduction from the initial proposal, this is still more than double what the minimum salary currently is under the 2004 regulations. Specifically, employers can include non-discretionary bonuses, incentive payments and commissions to satisfy up to 10 percent (10%) of the minimum weekly salary.

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FTC Report Strikes at the High Cost of Drugs

Workers' Compensation

The US Federal Trade Commission [FTC] report "Pharmacy Benefit Managers: The Powerful Middlemen Inflating Drug Costs and Squeezing Main Street Pharmacies" examines the influence of Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) in the pharmaceutical industry. PBMs act as middlemen managing prescription drug coverage for millions of Americans.

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Illinois Employee’s Termination Not Retaliatory Where it Occurred Six Weeks Prior to His Filing Comp Claim

The Workcomp Writer

Eckerty began working for EIF in 2001, and aside from a period during 2004-05, when he managed a golf course, he remained employed there in various roles until July 2018. On August 18, 2018, Eckerty engaged an attorney and filed a claim for workers’ compensation benefits with the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission. Background.

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Is addiction a disability under the ADA?

Business Management Daily

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC has taken the position that “current” means “the illegal use of drugs that has occurred recently enough to indicate that the individual is actively engaged in such conduct.”. Supreme Court considered whether a former addict was entitled to a second chance: an opportunity to be rehired in 2004.

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Overtime threshold rising to $35,568 on Jan. 1

Business Management Daily

The new threshold represents a 50% increase over the current threshold of $23,660, which was established in 2004. The white-collar overtime threshold will increase to $35,568 on Jan. 1, 2020, following approval of a final rule the Department of Labor says will make 1.2 million more Americans eligible for overtime pay.

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Issue Commentary: Compensability of Injuries Sustained as a Result of Inoculations

The Workcomp Writer

2004), discussed in greater length in the Commentary below , the court held that a flu vaccination, resulting in injury may be covered by state law if there is a combination of strong urging by the employer and some element of mutual benefit in the form of lessened absenteeism and improved employee relations. It examined E.I. Faupel , 859 A.2d