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According to a Walmart spokesperson, the employer has reportedly asked Davis to return to work with back pay.
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Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
She was allowed to return right away, with back pay, but decided to take a few days of unpaid leave to readjust.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
Social Security caps attorney fees at 25 percent of back pay, with a maximum fee of $9,200—a recent increase from $7,200 in November 2024, but still too low given the years-long wait for payment.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Jinsheng Liu, who worked at Concord Farms, has so far been awarded $33,000 in benefits from his employer to pay for intensive psychological treatment in addition to back pay in the Department of Justice case.
—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2025
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Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
She was allowed to return right away, with back pay, but decided to take a few days of unpaid leave to readjust.
—E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2025
Social Security caps attorney fees at 25 percent of back pay, with a maximum fee of $9,200—a recent increase from $7,200 in November 2024, but still too low given the years-long wait for payment.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
Jinsheng Liu, who worked at Concord Farms, has so far been awarded $33,000 in benefits from his employer to pay for intensive psychological treatment in addition to back pay in the Department of Justice case.
—Kate Talerico, The Mercury News, 26 Jan. 2025
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“Back pay.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/back%20pay. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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