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Labor Department Proposes Legalizing Wage Theft

The Labor Department is moving quickly to establish a new rule that would make tips the property of restaurant owners instead of workers. This week, President Donald Trump’s administration proposed getting rid of an existing rule that makes tips the property of servers that restaurant owners cannot take away. Under the new proposal, restaurant owners who …

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Restaurant (?!) Thinks It’s Important to Take Away Customer’s Legal Rights on Its Website

  So how weird is this?  The Daily Grill, a very fancy and pricey steak house, encourages people to buy gift cards and make reservations on line.  (O.k., nothing weird yet, I admit.)  BUT, on their website is a bunch of super dull prose under the heading “Legal Notices.”  (For steak?)  And, as with so …

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WORST SUPREME COURT ARBITRATION DECISION EVER

So, today, in American Express v. Italian Colors, the U.S. Supreme Court said that a take-it-or-leave-it arbitration clause could be used to prevent small businesses from actually pursuing their claims for abuse of monopoly power under the antitrust laws. Essentially, the Court said today that their favorite statute in the entire code is the Federal Arbitration …

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Madeline Messa

Madeline Messa is a 3L at Syracuse University College of Law. She graduated from Penn State with a degree in journalism. With her legal research and writing for Workplace Fairness, she strives to equip people with the information they need to be their own best advocate.