Amazon Worker Sues Over Unpaid Time Spent On Security Checks
December 5th, 2013
A man from Pennsylvania has filed suit against Internet retail giant Amazon, saying that the company takes unfair advantage of its workers by putting them through lengthy daily security checks. Lead plaintiff Neal Heimbach says that Amazon’s pat do…
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SEC Whistleblower Program Appears Poised For Success
November 21st, 2013
A recent article by Reuters discussed the slow start but likely long-term success of two financial industry whistleblower programs that reward those who report corporate wrongdoing. The article discussed how the whistleblower offices of the Securitie…
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SEC Awards $14 Million To Whistleblower
October 31st, 2013
Though the IRS has found itself under fire due to its slow moving and slow paying whistleblower program, the SEC has managed to construct a relatively efficient program. As evidence of the program’s success, SEC announced earlier this month tha…
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Department of Labor Extends Minimum Wage/Overtime Protections To Home Health Aides
October 31st, 2013
The Department of Labor announced earlier this month that it would extend rules found in the Fair Labor standards Act (FLSA) to cover workers who provide home healthcare assistance to elderly, sick or disabled individuals. According to the DOL, the n…
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Grassley Sends Another Scathing Letter To The IRS
October 17th, 2013
At the end of September Iowa Senator Charles Grassley sent another in a long line of scathing letters to the IRS concerning its ineffective whistleblower program, a program Grassley himself helped to create back in 2006. Grassley sent his letter to t…
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Senator Grassley Sends Letter To Incoming IRS Commissioner Over Whistleblower Program
October 3rd, 2013
Iowa Senator Charles Grassley sent another letter concerning the inept operations of the Internal Revenue Service Whistleblower Program, this time to President Obama’s nominee to run the IRS, John Koskinen. Grassley, who serves as Senior Member…
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Senator Calls For Investigation Of Recent Mortgage Fraud Settlement
September 6th, 2013
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren has announced that she is seeking information concerning the federal government’s decision to settle false claims brought by mortgage servicing companies to the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). Specif…
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Time Is Running Out For States To Pass Tougher False Claims Acts
August 8th, 2013
According to a recent report, nine states are at risk of losing federal money unless they pass new false claims laws that meet with stricter federal standards. The trouble began when Congress passed the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. The measure incl…
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ABC Debacle: Labor Law And Amy’s Baking Company
August 8th, 2013
An especially popular episode of the Fox show “Kitchen Nightmares” aired back in May and horrified viewers across the country. The problem was not cleanliness, no; the restaurant was actually sparkling clean. The trouble that stunned viewers was…
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SEC Asks For Patience With Whistleblower Program
July 25th, 2013
The Securities and Exchange Commission has expended significant energy over the last few weeks issuing press releases where it assured the public that the first two whistleblower awards that have been announced (both were relatively small) will not b…
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