Avoiding Paying Prior Employee Debt
If you prefer NOT to pay back present or prior employee debt, bankruptcy can help you use the law to prevent it from being a priority debt.
Paying Employee Debt in Chapter 13
If you prefer to pay back wages to a present or prior employee, you can do so in Chapter 13 especially well if that debt is a priority one.
Independent Contractor Commissions
If you owe sales commissions to an independent contractor when you file bankruptcy, it may be a priority debt. Here's what determines this.
Wages Owed to an Employee
If you owe employee wages when you file bankruptcy, that debt may or not be a priority. Here’s what determines this and why it matters.
Executive Compensation and Income Inequality
How much has the compensation of top corporate executives really been going up? How much in comparison to their employees?
The Minimum Wage and Wage Stagnation
Has the minimum wage really been declining? Would an increase in the minimum wage mostly affect teenagers? What about women? And minorities?
The Role of Labor Unions in Why Middle Class Wages Aren’t Increasing
Economists can debate how much unions have helped boost wages historically. But unionsâ decline does seem related to our wage stagnation.
Sensible Reasons Why Middle Class Wages Have Not Increased in the Last 10 Years
Wages have not been rising because of high unemployment, increasing employer health care costs, and the shift to lower paying jobs.
Labor Day and the “Lost Decade” for Wage Growth
Todayâs worsening income inequality is partly explained by stagnant middle class wages during the last decade. Why AREN'T wages rising?