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	<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 21:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>How to Handle the Co-Worker you can&#8217;t Febreeze</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/how-to-handle-the-co-worker-you-cant-febreeze-03080.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AbiK</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Detroit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Remember the one about the airline passenger that was booted off a Jazz Air flight because he smelled?
Hey, don&#8217;t underestimate that ol&#8217; olfactory system. Think I&#8217;m kidding? One woman&#8217;s sense of smell just netted her a $100,000 settlement. How? As a Detroit city employee, Susan McBride had complained about a co-worker&#8217;s perfume and room deodorizer (must&#8217;ve been into fragrance layering)—that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Open Food Servers Serve up Double Fault Class Action</title>
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		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/us-open-food-servers-serve-up-double-fault-class-action-02965.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:37:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AbiK</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[New York]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[restaurant]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Unpaid Overtime]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[US Open]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[For all the presentation and promotion that attempts to position tennis as a pastime of the hoi polloi, it just can&#8217;t seem to get over a bit of an elitist image. It&#8217;s not the professional players that make it so—heck, many have come from the hoi polloi themselves and have in their own way given [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study says LA surpasses NYC, Chicago in Wage Theft</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/study-says-la-surpasses-nyc-chicago-in-wage-theft-02924.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/study-says-la-surpasses-nyc-chicago-in-wage-theft-02924.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AbiK</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[California Labor]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[California Overtime]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Los Angeles]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Milkman]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Narro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wage Theft]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Every so often there&#8217;s a little news story out there that doesn&#8217;t get as much attention as it perhaps should. Take a story by Max Taves at LAWeekly.com not long ago. The headline: Unscrupulous Employers Skim $26.2 Million. Ok, surprise, surprise. But the real headline hits you when you read the subhead: That&#8217;s per week, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Don&#8217;t Look Hollister: You&#8217;re Fired</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/you-dont-look-hollister-youre-fired-02847.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/you-dont-look-hollister-youre-fired-02847.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:42:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AbiK</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Emerging Issues]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Abercrombie & Fitch]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[EEOC]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hajib]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Hollister]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Muslim]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Umme-Hani Kahn]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What? The uber-hip, ultra-prep and ubiquitous Abercrombie &#38; Fitch is at the center of an EEOC Complaint re: banning a Muslim employee from wearing her hijab (aka head scarf, for those of you less &#8220;hip&#8221; to all things diverse). Perish the thought!
Say it isn&#8217;t so, but oh, it&#8217;s true! Seems the Brand is the Look, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McDonald&#8217;s: Funniest Lawsuit Quote of the Week</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/mcdonalds-funniest-lawsuit-quote-02550.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/mcdonalds-funniest-lawsuit-quote-02550.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:51:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AbiK</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Cheese]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Holland]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[McDonald's]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Netherlands]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[McDonald&#8217;s counsel has the material for a reality show on its hands—I&#8217;m convinced. Case in point #1, yesterday&#8217;s Totally Tortelicious. Case in point #2 is better though&#8230;the setting is a McDonald&#8217;s located in Lemmer, The Netherlands.
Apparently, a waitress sold a hamburger to a co-worker. After the transaction was complete—and that&#8217;s a key element here—the co-worker [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Employers Warned that Workers Might Bail Next Year</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/employers-warned-that-workers-might-bail-next-year-02112.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/employers-warned-that-workers-might-bail-next-year-02112.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janem</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If some employers gaze into their crystal balls about now, they might want to start treating their workers better because 60 percent of employees intend to pursue new job opportunities now that the economic downturn is on an upswing.

According to a survey by Right Management Inc. that polled 904 North American workers, 21 percent said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Santa&#8217;s Lap Hosting New Dance for the Holidays?</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/santas-lap-hosting-new-dance-for-the-holidays-02001.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/santas-lap-hosting-new-dance-for-the-holidays-02001.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AbiK</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[H1N1]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[H1N1 Vaccine]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Santa]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Santa baby&#8217;s lap may just be a veritable petri dish of dancing bacteria this season—and the Santas are all too aware of it and none too pleased. In fact, AP reports that some Santas are seeking priority level status for the H1N1 flu vaccine. And can you blame them?
This weekend kicks off the official arrival of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ever Wonder what Happens when you File a Complaint?</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/attorneys-pay-attention-to-labor-law-violations-01982.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/attorneys-pay-attention-to-labor-law-violations-01982.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:35:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janem</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[California labor code]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[California labor law]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Maximus]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[overtime lawsuit]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the risk of patting myself—and LawyersAndSettlements.com (LAS)—on the back, I want to share these comments from someone who filed a complaint with LAS. Two years ago I interviewed Blanco Alonzo regarding his unpaid overtime complaint against Maximus corporation. Yesterday I talked with Blanco about a separate issue regarding California labor law violations and he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Overtime at the Car Wash: Are Inspection Numbers for Real?</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/california-overtime-at-the-car-wash-are-inspection-numbers-for-real-01730.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/california-overtime-at-the-car-wash-are-inspection-numbers-for-real-01730.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AbiK</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[California Overtime]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Overtime Pay]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By now you&#8217;ve read the news about the California Labor Commissioner imposing close to $1 million in fines after a statewide investigation of the California carwash industry.
The investigation went as follows:
42 investigators
did
230 car wash inspections
netting
141 citations
for
103 car wash businesses 
The citations issued total $916,711.
Ok, great. There&#8217;s some progress. But here&#8217;s the part I&#8217;m having a hard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Week Adjourned: 10.30.09</title>
		<link>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/week-adjourned-103009-01726.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/blog/week-adjourned-103009-01726.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LucyC</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Asbestos Mesothelioma]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Employment]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Week Adjourned]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Asbestos]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bank of America]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wal-Mart]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wells Fargo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Age of the Overtime Class Action&#8230;
Top Class Actions
Wells, It&#8217;s Official&#8230; Wells Fargo is now facing a wages and overtime class action filed by technical support staff who allege that they were not paid for time worked in excess of 40 hours per week.
The suit covers all network engineers, operating systems engineers, information security analysts, [...]]]></description>
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