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Garcia v. San Antonio Metropolitan Transit Authority, 469 U.S. 528 (1985), is a landmark United States Supreme Court [1] decision in which the Court held that the Congress has the power under the Commerce Clause of the Constitution to extend the Fair Labor Standards Act, which requires that employers provide minimum wage and overtime pay to their employees, to state and local governments. [2]
A North Texas construction contractor was sentenced to five years of probation and three months in jail after pleading guilty to fraud, Parker County District Attorney Jeff Swain announced in a ...
Anecdotal evidence suggests that tip theft, which is a legally complex issue distinct from wage theft and not necessarily under the control of the same laws governing the payment of wages, [30] [better source needed] may also be common in instances where employer record keeping does not comply with the law. [31]
A North Texas law firm controller pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing $1.48 million from her employer over the course of three years by inflating her payroll, according to a news release from the U ...
The Texas legal system is based on common law, which is interpreted by case law through the decisions of the Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeals, and the Courts of Appeals, which are published in the Texas Cases and South Western Reporter. Counties and municipal governments may also promulgate local ordinances.
A North Texas tax preparer pleaded guilty to tax fraud worth $2.6 million, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton announced in a news release Tuesday.
The first codification of Texas criminal law was the Texas Penal Code of 1856. Prior to 1856, criminal law in Texas was governed by the common law, with the exception of a few penal statutes. [3] In 1854, the fifth Legislature passed an act requiring the Governor to appoint a commission to codify the civil and criminal laws of Texas.
Fraudulent candidates using AI-generated fake IDs and deepfake videos are increasingly disrupting online hiring, with 31,200 confirmed cases of employment-identity theft or wage fraud last year. Traditional screening methods are no longer enough to weed out dishonest candidates who waste valuable time and resources, and present considerable risks.