The importance of detailed drafting of employment documents – particularly those calling for commissions, bonuses or other types of incentive compensation – was highlighted recently by a plaintiff’s claim that, as a conditional hire who never worked a day at now-defunct Lehman Brothers, the Bank’s rescinding of her employment offer triggered its obligation to pay
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Eighth Circuit Confirms Availability of FLSA Back Pay Remedies for Illegal Workers
By Noel P. Tripp on
Posted in Coverage
A new decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit is consistent with the rulings of several lower courts in holding that an individual employed in violation of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) because he or she is not authorized to work in the United States is still entitled to…