Compensation

Compensation refers to the payment or benefits that an individual or organization receives in exchange for goods or services provided, or in return for a loss or injury suffered.

In the context of employment, compensation refers to the wages, salary, benefits, and other forms of payment that an employee receives in exchange for their work. This may include base pay, bonuses, and other incentives, as well as benefits such as health insurance, retirement plans, and vacation time. Employers may use a variety of factors, such as an employee’s skills, experience, and education, to determine the appropriate level of compensation.

In the context of personal injury law, compensation refers to the damages that an individual may be entitled to receive as a result of an injury or loss suffered due to the negligence or wrongdoing of another party. This may include damages for medical expenses, lost wages, and pain and suffering.

Compensation may also be provided in other contexts, such as in the form of insurance payments or government benefits.

 

 

Forced Labor Continues in Colorado, Years After Vote to End Prison Slavery  – Bolts
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Forced Labor Continues in Colorado, Years After Vote to End Prison Slavery  – Bolts

Throughout Abron Arrington’s decades-long incarceration in Colorado, he often found himself in solitary confinement—not because he was causing trouble, but simply because he refused to work. He didn’t see the point given he was paid 13 cents an hour and figured his time could be better spent learning physics. Before Arrington was incarcerated in 1989,…

Prevention Cohort LIVE Ep 10: Learn how we fill the Knowledge Vault with WordPress, CyberSEO, TaxoPress, JetPack, and more
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Prevention Cohort LIVE Ep 10: Learn how we fill the Knowledge Vault with WordPress, CyberSEO, TaxoPress, JetPack, and more

Welcome to the Prevention Cohort LIVE stream, sponsored by PBJ Learning Today we celebrate the Knowledge Vault and I show you the “Behind the screens” of how a regular article on human trafficking from a news source gets added to the KV, and all the details on how I make it happen.  I explain the…

The Resurgence of Slavery in Pakistan: Implications of Climate Change
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The Resurgence of Slavery in Pakistan: Implications of Climate Change

The devastating floods that hit Pakistan last summer continue to have a lasting impact on farming families in rural Sindh and the Kacchi Plains of Balochistan. Despite six months passing since the floods, many fields remain underwater, and the soil is too damaged for planting seeds. The small tenant farmers, who are already burdened with…

In Minnesota, a New Model Challenges the Widespread Mistreatment of Construction Workers
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In Minnesota, a New Model Challenges the Widespread Mistreatment of Construction Workers

The campaign’s roots go back to 2016, when the worker’s center, Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en La Lucha (CTUL), worked with SEIU, the nation’s second largest union, to organize 600 Target and Macy’s janitors in the Twin Cities, says Burt Johnson, general counsel for the North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters.  He was impressed…

Dispute between a Utah farmer and farmworkers triggers probe into fraud and human trafficking
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Dispute between a Utah farmer and farmworkers triggers probe into fraud and human trafficking

Authorities are investigating the former president of the Utah Farm Bureau Federation over allegations of fraud and human trafficking following an altercation that left one of his farmworkers in need of medical care, the Utah Department of Public Safety confirmed to NBC News. The probe comes as Ron Bennett Gibson, 50, resigned Tuesday from Utah’s…

Human trafficking: A network of crime hidden across a vast American landscape
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Human trafficking: A network of crime hidden across a vast American landscape

When Bekah Charleston was first targeted as a human trafficking victim, there were no whips, chains or white vans — just a kind face and a fake name who offered her a safe place to stay. As a 17-year-old Texas runaway, Charleston thought she was finding safe haven from drug dealers she had gotten involved…

Minnesota wage-theft law starts, critics warn of unintended consequences | Finance & Commerce
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Minnesota wage-theft law starts, critics warn of unintended consequences | Finance & Commerce

A new state law that holds contractors and developers responsible for subcontractor wage violations on their jobsites goes into effect Tuesday. The Construction Worker Wage Protection Act, part of the omnibus jobs and labor bill that was signed into law during the 2023 legislative session, “gives workers hope in collecting their unpaid wages for the…

Trafficking survivor comes out of the shadows to get hotels to curb crime
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Trafficking survivor comes out of the shadows to get hotels to curb crime

The first time Anneke Lucas heard about legislation designed to rescue human trafficking victims in hotels, she couldn’t help but think about how something like that could have helped her as a child. “If I had seen the definition that said I was not a prostitute, that would have made a difference for me,” Lucas…

New protections, resources in place for victims of human trafficking
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New protections, resources in place for victims of human trafficking

(The Center Square) – Victims of human trafficking have new protections and resources in North Carolina. Definition of the crime was expanded through legislation in Senate Bill 626. Gov. Roy Cooper signed it Friday. The law gives human trafficking victims a statutory right to seek a permanent no-contact order against their trafficker, protections previously only…