July 30, 2009

Federal minimum wage increased to $7.25 on July 24

Effective last Friday, July 24, 2009, the federal minimum wage rate for covered non-exempt employees increased from $6.55 per hour to $7.25 per hour. With this change, employees who are covered by the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) are entitled to get no less than $7.25 per hour.

This increase is the third and final of three provided by the enactment of the Fair Minimum Wage Act of 2007, which amended the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage in three steps: to $5.85 per hour effective July 24, 2007; to $6.55 per hour effective July 24, 2008; and now to $7.25 per hour effective July 24, 2009. Workers from 30 states, where the state minimum wage is currently at or below the federal minimum wage, or there is no state minimum wage, get benefits. Besides, it also benefits workers in the District of Columbia, where the minimum wage is required to be $1 more than the federal minimum wage. Covered employers from other states, who have a minimum wage rate that is higher than the federal rate, must comply with both state and federal laws.

"This administration is committed to improving the lives of working families across the nation, and the increase in the minimum wage is another important step in the right direction," said Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis. "This well-deserved increase will help workers better provide for their families in the face of today's economic challenges. I am especially pleased that the change will benefit working women, who make up two-thirds of minimum wage earners."

July 14, 2009

How to avoid pedestrian accidents

In order to reduce the pedestrian accidents, the vehicle driver should take greater responsibility because vehicles and pedestrians are so unevenly matched and it is always the pedestraians who get injuried. Drivers can help prevent such accidents by:

1. Alwayse keep good visibility. It is crucial for a driver to see clearly about the road condition, weather condition as well as the pedestrians around while driving. It is advisable to wear sunglasses during daylight and keep the windshield clean.
2. Take care of the blind spots. Pedestrians may come up anywhere at any time, so never assume that there are no pedestrians nearby. When you want to back the vehicle, check your blind spots carefully will be help.
3. Exercise more caution around school buses and ice-cream trucks. Children are vulnerable in accidents, so drivers should take greater duty of care when it comes to them. Children alwayse pay very little attention to traffic condition so when meet with them, you’d better be more careful.
4. Be sensitive to motion. Alwayse be alert and ready to take action. Check any motion even if they are slight. Remember, unexpected accidents can happen anytime in any forms.

Whether you have personally been injured in a pedestrian accident or you are the relative of someone injured, the accident attorney members of Walker & Walker Legal Network can help you recover compensation for injuries, medical costs, loss of earnings, and other damages or expenses stemming from the accident.

July 02, 2009

Your Best Marketing Tool

Nowadays the competition in business marketing is fiercer and fiercer, so all business personas are trying their best to search for effective marketing tools to enlarge their business.

Although correct strategies can make a business grow, but now it is a contemporary consumer society, so in fact, the best marketing tool is what your products. Any person who has used your products may compare yours with the same ones in other brands. Then, they may share their experiences with whom they know, or even whom they don’t know, with the help of the internet. It is easy to tell that if your customers are pleased in your products, then their words will be more powerful than any kinds of advertisement and many more people will come to you; on the other hand, if your customers are not pleased in your products, then they have the power to crush your reputation.


So try to make your products more qualified to meet the most urgent needs of your clients. Even if the matter became the last thing that cross your minds before falling asleep and the first thing that rush in when you awake, it seems right.