Archive for August, 2009
Calif. firefighters wage fierce wildf… – The Associated Press
By admin on August 30th, 2009
Small, midsize Japanese companies see… – Gov Monitor
By admin on August 30th, 2009
Support for student loan wage garnishment
The federal government spends a lot of money on the student’s loans. There are different types of student loans. They are made to the student community or given to the parents or the student loans can be arranged through the banks. There are billions of dollars spent annually on the student loans amount. Generally the students pay back these students loans after they get the employment. There is a good healthy 85 to 90 per cent of student populations ready to pay back their student loans. But still there remains a good deal of ten to fifteen per cent of student community which does not pay back these student loans. This is all the tax payers’ money. It is the duty of the government to collect and get back all the student loans. The government has well established administration structure to look after this student’s loan recovery problem. The department of education peruses this student loans defaulter’s problem very seriously. They contact the borrowers; try to get to his employers. They use different means to get back those student loans. One of the important weapons that the department of education can use is the wage garnishment order. In ordinary situations the credit giving agency has to go to the court to obtain the wage garnishment order. This is along legal procedure. But in case of the student loan recovery, the government support for student loan wage garnishment is in the form of a law. The education department need not go to the court for getting this wage garnishment order. There is higher education act P L 102-164, 20U S C, 1095a. This gives power to the department of education and its guarantee agencies to issue wage garnishment order without the need of going to the court. They can simply give an administration order to the employer and he has to with held up to fifteen per cent of the disposable income of the employee for the repayment of the student loan. As the students now know that the department of education has the ability to issue the wage garnishment order, they themselves contact the agency concerned and try to pay back voluntarily. There is dramatic increase in the number of borrower defaulters offering to pay back the students loans amounts after the implementation of this law. This wage garnishment order does not disturb the business of the employers. The employers have co operated with the education department for last several years and helped the education department to recover billions of your tax money from the defaulting borrowers of the student loans with the help of the student loan wage garnishment order.
Wage initiative stymies labor nominee (The Washington Times)
By admin on August 28th, 2009
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President Obama’s nominee for the Labor Department’s top law enforcement job created a first-of-its-kind program in New York that deputized unions and advocacy groups to visit private businesses and report wage violations to the government, an initiative that has raised concerns holding up her appointment. M. Patricia Smith told senators vetting her appointment to be the Labor Department’s …
German H1 Wage Increases Higher Than Y-o-Y Rise In CPI (INO News)
(RTTNews) – Many of the standard wage increases which became effective in Germany in the first half of 2009 were ranged between 2% and 3%, the Federal Statistical Office said Friday.
4-month delay in next year’s wage hike ‘likely’ (Saipan Tribune)
By admin on August 27th, 2009
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Congress is expected to delay by four months the next 50-cent minimum wage increase scheduled in May 2010 to give lawmakers ample time to review the results of a Government Accountability Office study on the impact of the wage hikes on the CNMI and American Samoa economy.
Soldiers riot in Sth African wage row (BigPond News)
Soldiers and police have clashed in a wage dispute on the streets of Johannesburg in South Africa.
Tribunal possible for soldiers in wage strike violence – Summary (EARTHtimes.org)
Johannesburg- Two South African soldiers could face a military tribunal for their involvement in a wage dispute that turned violent, the SAPA news agency reported Thursday, citing a community safety spokesman. About 3,000 members of the South African…
Kids, Parents Wage Water Balloon War in West Reading (WFMZ Eastern Pennsylvania and Western New Jersey)
By admin on August 24th, 2009
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Minimum wage not likely to rise in 2010 (Salem Statesman Journal)
Minimum-wage workers in Oregon began 2009 with a bump of 45 cents per hour, but those still employed at the end of a year of widespread job losses aren’t likely to see an increase for 2010.
Minimum wage not likely to rise in 2010 (KOIN News 6 Portland)
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – After a bump of 45 cents this year, Oregon’s minimum-wage workers are unlikely to get a raise in 2010. Next month, the state will recalculate the minimum wage, which is indexed to the Consumer Price Index.
Minimum wage not likely to rise in 2010 (KOIN News 6 Portland)
By admin on August 24th, 2009
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PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) – After a bump of 45 cents this year, Oregon’s minimum-wage workers are unlikely to get a raise in 2010. Next month, the state will recalculate the minimum wage, which is indexed to the Consumer Price Index.