United States: Your Retirement Date: Expectation vs. Reality

Spy Game (2001) is all about retirement: Nathan Muir’s last day at work at the CIA. Muir (Robert Redford) has a protege, Bishop (Brad Pitt), who’s been thrown into a very unpleasant prison in coastal China.

Muir calls his broker and tells him to sell all of his assets, raising $282,000 to bribe a Chinese official to cut off the electricity to the prison for 30 minutes, during which time Muir calls in a team of […]

By | January 29th, 2015 ||

United States: Genesis Healthcare Hit With Background Check Class Action On Theory That Adverse Action Occurs When Consumer Reporting Agency Provides Background Check Review Services

On January 7, 2015, Genesis Healthcare became one of the most recent companies to face a class action lawsuit under the FCRA based on its background check practices.  This lawsuit should serve as a reminder to companies to verify that their procedures for obtaining and using background checks comply with the FCRA’s disclosure and adverse action requirements.

According to the complaint, Genesis Healthcare obtains background check reports from a consumer reporting agency, which are used […]

By | January 28th, 2015 ||

NWT Raises Minimum Wage To Highest In Canada

NWT will then have the highest minimum wage rate in Canada. Currently, Nunavut has the highest minimum wage at $11.00 per hour.

Currently the NWT minimum wage is $10.00 an hour, the lowest rate in Canada. The NWT minimum wage rate has not been changed since 2011.

The increase in the minimum wage was recommended to the Government by groups including the NWT Chamber of Commerce.

By | January 28th, 2015 ||