What Is a Tip Credit and How Do They Work?
Confusion Around Wage and Hour Law Can Be Costly for The Restaurant Owner. Employers can never take any portion of tips paid to employees under any circumstance as tips are the property of the employees exclusively; but “service charges,” which are not tips, can be applied by employers much differently
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The Justice Department is proposing changes to how it runs federal prisoners’ deposit accounts in an effort to make sure victims are paid restitution, including from some high-profile inmates with large balances.
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FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried pleaded not guilty in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday to fraud and other charges related to the collapse of his $32 billion crypto empire.
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Only in 1870 did the United States recognize Christmas as a federal holiday.
The practice of erecting public Christmas trees emerged in the U.S. in the 20th century. In 1923, the first one appeared on the White House's South Lawn. During the Great Depression, famous sites such as New York's Rockefeller Center began erecting increasingly larger trees.
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Cannabis is legal in most of America. But federal laws still block businesses from banks.
According to a research report conducted by New Frontier Data, the U.S. cannabis industry is projected to be a $72 billion market by 2030. Imagine that these billions of dollars are being exchanged in the marketplace but never deposited into a single financial or banking institution, because of federal laws that have not kept up.
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Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is supporting the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) proposal to help cut down on unwanted text messages by requiring mobile wireless providers to block texts from invalid, unassigned, or unused numbers, and from numbers on a Do Not Originate (DNO) list.
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The rule of law is the foundation of our democracy, no matter who emerges victorious at the ballot box. A civil society can and will exist regardless of how ugly an election is, becomes, or was. A civil society exists because, under the rule of law, disputes should be settled according to the established law of the land. And all people, no matter their wealth or power, are subject to those laws.
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President Biden will pardon all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession, the White House said Thursday, a move toward decriminalizing the drug. The move applies to those convicted of simple possession of marijuana, including those in the District of Columbia, according to senior officials.
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The U.S. government is collecting and storing data from up to 10,000 electronic devices each year from travelers at international borders.
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Forcing Employers To Pay for Drugs That Violate Their Consciences Is Still Prohibited by Federal Law. A judge sided with a plaintiff who objects to procuring coverage for HIV-prevention medications.
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