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Wage War: Backpay Under The Hoffman Decision, Shuaa Tajammul
Wage War: Backpay Under The Hoffman Decision, Shuaa Tajammul
University of Massachusetts Law Review
This Article discusses the effect of the Hoffman Plastic Compounds decision on backpay as a remedy for illegal immigrants who sue their employers for lost wages. When Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (“IRCA”), it believed it struck at the heart of illegal immigration: the search for employment in the United States. However, the IRCA did not accomplish its stated purpose. In 2002, the Supreme Court ruled that lost wages and backpay were not available as remedies to an employee who obtained a job through IRCA violation and later tried to sue his/her employer. The decision …
Squatting: Lifting The Heavy Burden To Evict Unwanted Company, Shannon Dunn Mccarthy
Squatting: Lifting The Heavy Burden To Evict Unwanted Company, Shannon Dunn Mccarthy
University of Massachusetts Law Review
In the later part of 2012, news and media outlets gave widespread attention to the fact that people were living rent-free in homes across the United States while the property owners were left with the burden of evicting the unwanted company in order to gain rightful possession to their property. These stories were not isolated to low incomes areas. News broadcasts shed light on squatters making camp in high-end realty valued in the millions. At the same time, news outlets in the United Kingdom were reporting on the squatting topic, but with a different angle – a recent law criminalizing …