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Article 16-50 ¡No Se Deje! The American legal system allows cities, counties, states and the federal government to enact laws that are effective within their respective jurisdictions. This system usually produces useful and productive laws and ordinances. The U. S. Constitution establishes a system of priorities in which city and county ordinances cannot contradict state…
Artículo 16-50 El sistema legal Americano permite que las ciudades, condados, estados y el gobierno federal promulguen leyes que tienen efecto dentro de sus respectivas jurisdicciones. Usualmente, este sistema produce leyes y ordenanzas útiles y productivas. La Constitución de EE.UU. establece un sistema de prioridades en el cual las ordenanzas de la ciudad y del…
Article 16-49 ¡No Se Deje! The Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) filed a lawsuit against Guimarra Vineyards Corporation for allowing a 17 year old Latina farm worker to be sexually harassed. The government accused Guimarra, one of the largest growers of grapes in the country, of ignoring complaints and requests for help by the…
Artículo 16-49 La Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission –EEOC (en español Comisión Federal de Igualdad de Oportunidades de Empleo) registró una demanda contra Guimarra Vineyards Corporation por permitir que una trabajadora agrícola Latina de 17 años de edad fuera acosada sexualmente. El gobierno acusó a Guimarra, uno de los más grandes cultivadores de uvas…
Workers’ compensation benefits provide medical treatment and make up for lost income after an employee suffers an injury at work. This can also extend to illnesses an employee contracts due to the nature of his or her work. One gray area that many employees wonder about is food poisoning. In any workers’ compensation claim, the…
Workers’ compensation exists to ensure that any employee who suffers injuries at work will not have to shoulder the costs of medical treatment or lose expected income from time spent out of work. When employees file for workers’ compensation, their insurance company (typically the employer’s insurance group that provides medical coverage to the employer’s employees)…