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15-Apr-08 10:15 [Americas]
Boston employers to be punished for pay discrepancies Employers in Boston who fail to pay workers their full wages, hold back final pay checks or who stop employee benefits such as overtime pay will be hit with a triple penalty.
In a new law passed yesterday, triple damages will be paid to employees who are affected by not being properly paid.
Philip Gordon, a Boston lawyer who represents employees in wage disputes and contract negotiations, told Boston.com: "If you don't get your wages, your credit report may suffer, you may miss mortgage payments or health payments, and you may have to decide whether you're going to buy food or clothing this month."
He added that the new law sets in place a "mechanism to compensate employees for their losses" and it tells employers in the state to take the payment of wages seriously.
Opponents of the law have said that it will punish employers who have made an honest mistake in not working out who is owed overtime pay properly.
Also in the US, a new bill has been announced in California which means public pensions schemes could be made available to private sector workers.
Public sector workers will strike through into next week, unions revealed yesterday.
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Up to 40 per cent of final salary schemes in the UK are expected to close to existing members over the next decade, it has emerged.
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Judgment from the court of appeal has been handed down on the "important yet controversial" case of Allen & Ors v GMB, it has been reported.
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