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Palm Beach County Commission backs down on wage theft law
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsBusiness pressure on Tuesday squashed a proposed Palm Beach County wage theft law, which religious leaders long sought to help low-income workers recover overdue pay. For nearly three years, a coalition of local religious leaders urged the County...Tags: Personal Income, Labor Legislation, Religion and Belief, Crime, Law and Justice, Theft
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Palm Beach County wage theft law faces new hurdle
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPalm Beach County commissioners may opt for a weakened version of wage theft protections long-sought by local religious leaders for low-income workers, according to a new proposal going before the board Tuesday. For two years a coalition of local...Tags: Broward County, Labor Legislation, Employment Opportunities, Crime, Law and Justice, Theft
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Palm Beach County Commission balks at renewed wage theft proposal
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsA coalition of Palm Beach County religious groups came up short in its push for the County Commission this month to consider approving a long-delayed local wage theft law. Wage theft, where employers fail to pay what they owe, cheats......Tags: Palm Beach County, Labor Legislation, Employment, Employment Opportunities, Laws
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Business leaders win another delay in Palm Beach County wage theft law
Palm Beach Politics | Sun Sentinel blogsPressure from business leaders Tuesday once again convinced Palm Beach County commissioners to delay action on a "wage theft" law aimed at helping local workers cheated out of pay. Back in February, the County Commission agreed to consider creating a........Tags: Wages and Pensions, Palm Beach County, Labor Legislation, Miami (Miami-Dade, Florida), Crimes
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Do Rothstein investors deserve to be paid back?
Mayo on the Side: Michael Mayo | Sun Sentinel BlogsIf you invest in something that sounds too good to be true and it turns out to be a Ponzi scheme, do you deserve restitution? U.S. District Judge James Cohn is sorting out restitution claims in the Scott Rothstein case......Tags: Legal Services, Real Estate Transactions, Casino and Gambling Industry, Lotteries, Crime, Law and Justice
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Nassau fundraiser-lawyer tapped as health adviser
Spin CycleA controversy that swirled around the SentosaCare company???s hiring of staff for its nursing homes appears to have left unscathed the political standing of Howard Fensterman, the firm???s lead counsel and a major Long Island campaign fundraiser. On...Tags: Long Island, David A. Paterson, Government Health Care, Religion and Belief, Health
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Video: A false negative on Johnson in 7th (Updated)
Spin CycleBarbara Donno goes up with her second straight negative ad in her challenge to Dem Craig Johnson in the Nassau Senate race. This one tries to tie Johnson to the double dipping school pension scandal through his law firm. The......Tags: Legal Services, Politics, Parliament, Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice
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Fact check: More on the Donno double-dip ad
Spin CycleBefore we let it go, the "double dipping" ad that Republican Barbara Donno is running in Nassau in her State Senate campaign against Democrat Craig Johnson deserves another mention. In an item yesterday, we noted that the pension scamming......Tags: Legal Services, Politics, Labor Legislation, Crime, Law and Justice, Services and Shopping
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More nasty barbs in 7th S.D. over pension scams
Spin CycleNow, after today???s report on Carol Hoffman leaving the firm Jaspan, Schlesinger Hoffman LLP, from which she was a focus of the pension-abuse uproar ??? and where Sen. Craig Johnson is now ???of counsel??? ??? Johnson challenger Barbara Donno......Tags: Legal Services, Craig Johnson, Politics, Republican Party, Democratic Party
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More Donno: Answer the question, Craig
Spin CycleBarbara Donno spokesman Bryan Hurst, responding to questions about her second straight ad focusing on a scandal involving the law firm Craig Johnson works for but not involving Johnson himself, e-mails over a statement. The first ad had to......Tags: Legal Services, Craig Johnson, Politics, State Budgets, Business Enterprises
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Donno's glass house: Trusted the Roslyn accountant?
Spin CycleYesterday, Nassau GOP Senate candidate Barbara Donno put out an ad attacking Dem Craig Johnson because the law firm where he words was sued in 2005 for (allegedly) giving inadequate advice to the Roslyn school district during the embezzlement......Tags: Legal Services, Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Corporate Crime, Services and Shopping
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Johnson v. Donno: Why not City vs. Suburbs?
Spin CycleCurrently, New York City senators control 23 of the 30 seats the Democrats hold in the state Senate. If they defeat Serphin Maltese in Queens in the process of taking over the chamber, that number will rise to 24.......Tags: Legal Services, Long Island, Politics, Parliament, Government
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