Posted on 04/06/2010 1:33:18 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
The Labor Department is encouraging low-wage and immigrant workers to turn in employers who are shortchanging their pay, as part of an expanding effort to enforce wage and hour rules.
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis launched a campaign last week called "We Can Help," asking workers in industries from construction to food services to notify the agency of suspected wage and hour violations.
The agency is also relying on tips from worker advocacy groups, widening efforts by the Obama administration to enlist activist groups to help with enforcement in a range of sectors from toy safety to distracted driving.
However, business groups are expressing concern that the Labor Department's effort will generate unfounded complaints.
Ms. Solis, a Hispanic-American, has signaled from early in her tenure that stepping up enforcement of wage and hour rules would be a high priority. The Labor Department's wage and hour division recently hired more than 250 additional investigators—an increase of one third—and is rolling out a publicity campaign that includes bilingual public-service announcements in Spanish and English.
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A key point for the Tea Party - lots of Seniors there - and 55% are women!
Is that Congress voted themselves substantial raises and staff/office budget increases
Yet Obama and the democrat Congress told Seniors on Social Security they would get no COLA - Cost of Living increases for 2010 and 2011
I guess only Congress had costs and expenses go up
The Hell with the Senior Citizens trying to cope on lower Social Security check!
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Rush picked up on the 19% VAT tax in bankrupt debt-defaulting Greece and today - That seems to be working well!
[That seems to be working well!]
Obama wants it to work ‘well’ for us too, that’s his intent.
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Rush blasts that out every day now -
This is well-planned
Hussein Junior intends to destroy our economic and political system
The democrats will inherit a mucho hostile - not grateful - citizenry
Hussein Junior will go down as the worst and most corrupt “resident” in American history
Toss him a hamhock!
Obama still has his followers. Was just reading a thread about ‘how to fight with a liberal’. They firmly believe they are right, just as we do. I see it in my newspaper too.
There are ‘some’ falling away and will be more if the VAT is passed. But they get so much free anyway.
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Hussein Junior is banking on McAmnesty
Instant new multiplying democrat voters -
As far as the radicals can see.....
I know devolve. I know all the main things he is trying to do, and I am very familiar with illegal issues since I live in South Texas.
We HAVE to prevent amnesty happening before the next big elections. ACORN is in many different guises now, making it harder to point them out.
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