Word: minimum
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...Jersey decision was unusual. The bank would have already prevailed in most states, where antidiscrimination laws--like the federal one--set a minimum age of 40 for those claiming age bias. The New Jersey ruling wasn't unprecedented, though. In the 1980s, courts in Maine, New York and Oregon allowed similar suits to proceed almost unnoticed. But the New Jersey court has a reputation for issuing cutting-edge rulings in employment law. (The state's liberal decisions on sexual-harassment law foreshadowed a national push to broaden the scope of such law.) Eighteen other states have similar antidiscrimination statutes, with...
While senior gift fund literature emphasized the importance of any level of participation and had a minimum contribution level of just $10, it also recruited larger donors through a leadership gift committee. The committee solicited "leadership gifts" from wealthier students and offered perks, such as a New York City cocktail party, to those willing to give $250 or more...
...should include more information in credit-card solicitations. A bill introduced by Democratic Congressman John LaFalce of New York would do just that. It calls for fuller disclosure about fees, expiration dates of teaser rates and how long it would take to pay off a balance with only the minimum. (For instance, if you paid just the minimum 2% on a $5,000 balance at 15%, it would take you 32 years, and you'd pay $7,700 in interest.) "This is an industry that's run amuck," says Frank Torres, legislative counsel at Consumer Union. "Fees are another...
...union representatives have argued that Harvard could set minimum wage standards, and that now that Everett is no longer capable of finishing the job, Harvard has a responsibility to see that the firm's workers are employed...
...little guy, the one who parks your car, rings the cash register at the convenience store, catches the early bus. As he left town he was trying to expand health care, and when he comes back from burying his nephew, he will be fighting to raise the minimum wage. Leaving the Coast Guard cutter that brought the family and friends back to Woods Hole after the burial, he shook hands formally with the officers in their dress whites but gave the crewmen in working blues a slap on the back. It was a gesture that surely would have made...