PENALTY FOR UNEMPLOYMENT FRAUD REDUCED — BUT NOT UNTIL JULY QUESTION: Two years ago, I received unemployment benefits when I shouldn’t have, and the Unemployment Insurance Agency asked me to repay the benefits, plus a quadruple penalty. I heard that the penalties
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MAY RACIST RESIDENT INSIST ON HAVING WHITE CAREGIVER? QUESTION: I own a residential facility for severely handicapped adults. One of our residents will only accept care from white, non-Hispanic caregivers. Most of our staff is black or Latino; trying to schedule our
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CAUTION: WAGE HIKE AHEAD! QUESTION: I run a company, with a pretty small profit margin. I pay my worker’s minimum wage; the amount I spend on wages just keeps rising. I heard the minimum wage is going to go up again pretty
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BEING AUDITED BY WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR? WHAT TO EXPECT QUESTION: I received a letter from the Wage and Hour Division of the Department of Labor, that says I am being audited for failing to pay some
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QUESTION: I rent out a room in my house and I need to kick out my roommate. I told him he needs to go and he is refusing. My friends told me to just throw his stuff out onto the lawn. Can
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