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Without warning
After an employee of a trucking company received a letter stating he no longer had a job and benefits, he found out the company was closing its doors. The company was in violation of the Warn Act, which requires companies to give their employees thirty days notice before shutting down. A number of companies have left other employees without a job and without notice. This is happening due to the poor economic conditions across the nation.
Tags: Sam Vaughn; employment; federal law; business; paycheck; Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act; worker rights; layoffs
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"Double Dipping"
Nearly 1,000 retired UConn professors are receiving duel payment from the state in the form of a paycheck and a pension. A law was enacted in 2007 that was designed to limit the number of retired professors who could be on the payroll and the length of time they could be hired, but as revealed by the Hartford-Courant, that law has been all but overlooked.
Tags: UConn; pensions; retirees; Connecticut Office of Policy and Management; Hugh Macgill; Ernest Marquez; Central Connecticut State University; Gov. M. Jodi Rell
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Retirees' Disability Epidemic
One of the nation's largest commuter lines, Long Island Rail Road, has taken advantage of an obscure federal agency to reap staggering paychecks once they leave their jobs.
Tags: retirement; disability; pension;
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Incredible Shrinking Paycheck
This investigation tracked median wage and salary income, broken down by age, gender, race and education, across more than five decades of Census data. The goal of the research was to measure the health of the middle class, which many people think is in danger.
Tags: research; Census; data; class; poverty; demographic data; American Community Survey
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Chicago Matters: Money matters
These three series; "Chasing the Dream," Paycheck to Paycheck," and "Paper Bag Test," examined how money and financial matters affects different individuals and families around Chicago. "Chasing the Dream" revealed that whites earning less than $30,000 a year had a better chance of getting home loans than blacks earning more than $90,000 a year."Paycheck to Paycheck" revealed that thousands of families don't earn what they need just to meet their basic expenses. "Paper Bag Test" showed that the major retailers have three times the number of outlets in the predominantly white areas of Chicago than in the predominantly black areas.
Tags: personal finance; home loans; mortgages; poverty level; racial discrimination; racism; neighborhood businesses
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Building a Life, Paycheck to Paycheck
In this seven-day series, reporters at The Oklahoman look at the sources of poverty, unemployment, and the lasting effects on Oklahoma residents. This in-depth investigation not only identifies some of the major causes of unemployment in the state, but also puts a face on the working poor, highlighting four Oklahoma residents who struggle to make it. According to the series, a major source of unemployment came from a shift from manufacturing to service jobs. As a result of the stories, there was outpour of help in the community as well as a community forum for residents to share ideas and experiences.
Tags: health care; unemployment; working poor; social service organizations; Citizens League of Oklahoma; service economy; living wage
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Workers: We Were Cheated Out of Pay. Restaurant Cleaning Company Says Pay Deductions Legal. Labor Experts Not So Sure.
This investigation found that "CanAmera, a Canadian-based company that cleans restaurants in four states and Ontario, violated a host of state and federal labor laws, including laws governing minimum wage, overtime, a day of rest and federal and tax withholdings. The company also illegally withheld money from workers' paychecks. The company hired worked with limited English skills with promises of a good job. But, in fact, the mostly Spanish speaking workers found themselves fighting for money they said was owed to them."
Tags: taxes; pay withholdings; wages; Wal-Mart
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Struggling at Bottom of Welfare System: A schizophrenic, a crack addict and an ex-con try to cope with the county's cut in general relief. They've made hard decisions--and some missteps.
This story vividly describes the lives of three different people struggling to survive on their welfare check each month. The author explains in detail how desperate the three people have become. Most get $212 or less a month to live on.
Tags: Welfare; money; struggles; poor; indigent; paycheck; cash
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Pay Check: While Congress jousts over minimum wage, some people ignore it: Penalties are rare and light - violations occur often in apparel and trucking. Shrunken enforcement staffs.
According to the article, "...Minimum-wage laws at both the federal and state levels are among the country's most frequently flouted statutes, making the congressional battle irrelevant for many intended beneficiaries." This story explains how some companies violate the minimum wage standard set by the government.
Tags: minimum wage; worker's salaries; pay; money; salary; paycheck; state law; federal law
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Crony played a numbers game
The Denver Post's review of Civil Services practices found that "one of a handful of people with criminal histories to administer Denver's police and firefighter exams collected his paychecks by using Social Security numbers that belonged to others."
Tags: Civil Service Commission; Social Security numbers; Denver; test monitor; city officials