Archive for June, 2009
City weighs wage issues against hiring problems – Minot Daily News
By admin on June 27th, 2009
Kansas raises minimum wage to meet federal standard – SmartBrief
Louisville working teens to benefit from minimum wage increase – Examiner.com
Widening gap – Daily Item
By admin on June 27th, 2009
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Have you noticed that whenever there is a wide gap between the incomes of the rich and the poor there is also a high unemployment rate, and that when this gap is narrow, there is a low unemployment rate? Its true! There is a direct correlation …
Average weekly wage rises to $1182 – News.com.au
THE average weekly wage in Australia is now $1181.60 before tax, after growing by 5.6 per cent in the year to February. That annual rate is well above the Reserve Bank of Australias (RBA) perceived line in the sand at 4.5 per cent. The quarterly …
Newton Alderman OKs $333.8M budget – Daily News Tribune
Aldermen unanimously passed a $333.8 million budget for fiscal 2010, which included raises for non-union city employees, but no cost-of-living increase for union workers. Aldermen voted down a proposal, last week, that would freeze step increases for …
Credit card wage garnishment
By admin on June 21st, 2009
Credit card wage garnishment
Wage garnishment is done by the debt collectors and even by credit car companies. They try all their methods to collect their dues from the debtors. When nothing materializes, they take the assistance of the court and go ahead with the wage garnishment process where the court issues a writ order to the employer of the debtor to withhold a part of the debtor’s income and to direct it to the creditor. This part of the debtor’s income is the wage garnishment that is enforced through the court which cannot be denied by the employer. Credit car companies literally threaten you by bringing the process of wage garnishment for any non payment. They garnish the wages directly from your earnings. They threaten you, but not directly. They sue you and a judge arrives at a decision regarding garnishing your wages for repayment. Once served with legal documents, in your best interests you can contact an attorney. Ignoring the lawsuit will be of no immense help. If you resist showing up at the court, you prove that you are a defaulter and the judgment ends in the opponents favor. You can avoid these lawsuits by settling your debts before they become serious. The creditor who sues and once the judgment is recorded it stays from the filing date for 7 years. The suitable defense to any credit card company that presents a lawsuit is by declaring a Statute of Limitations. The Statute of Limitations refers to the time limit that a distressed party files as a lawsuit. This statute will help you and the court will assess the status and dismiss the suit if he finds your financial status beyond control. The thought that only non-payment of taxes can get transformed as a wage garnishment is not true. Any holder, who has sued you for some reason, has all the right to garnish your wages, if they prefer to do so. Wage garnishment deals with any credit card debt, any old unpaid landlord, tax debt, and many more to whom you owe money on some grounds. People are shocked to realize that a credit card debt can come in the form of wage garnishment. But, this is the fact. The credit card company decides to sue you as they do not receive any payment or commitment from your end and they approach the law. They win the law easily and take the judgment to the sheriff and demand the money to be taken from your paycheck. However, the wage garnishment takes 25% of their earnings as the amount you owe to the credit card debt.
UAW Fades as Union Shrinks in Size, Power – Wall Street Journal
By admin on June 19th, 2009
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The United Auto Workers could emerge from the government-led restructurings of General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC in a relatively solid financial position: The trust funds for retired union members health care will own big stakes in both car …
Job cuts are worst among young French, says OECD – Financial Times
Frances young people have been hit hardest by the -economic crisis, with the effects of the downturn compounded by persistent failings in the education system and a high minimum wage, according to a study published yesterday. Unemployment in the 15 …
Young French hit hardest by job cuts – Financial Times
Frances young people have been hit hardest by the economic crisis, with the effects of the downturn compounded by failings in the education system and a high minimum wage, according to a study published yesterday. Unemployment in the 15 to 24-year …
Average annual wage in Washington $46,256 (Seattle Times)
By admin on June 19th, 2009
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The state Employment Security Department says the average annual wage in Washington increased about 3 percent last year – about $1,500 – to more than $46,000.
Coal miners raise wage offer (News 24 South Africa)
Mine owners have raised their offer for wage increases in the coal mining sector to between 8% and 9% from 6.5%, a union says.
District 834: Wage freezes set stage for contract negotiations (Stillwater Gazette)
By admin on June 17th, 2009
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As District 834 and its employees prepare to enter another round of contract negotiations, both sides say the recent economic downturn is pressuring them to keep wage increases low, if not eliminate them altogether.
EP council to increase wage pools 3 percent (Peoria Journal Star)
The City Council agreed Tuesday to increase a wage fund pool for each department by 3 percent to keep the salaries of full-time, nonunion city employees higher than those of the employees they supervise.