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The time period between exposure to a disease-causing substance and the onset of the disease is called the latency period.  Asbestos-related diseases, including mesothelioma, have an exceptionally long latency period.

In San Francisco, CA the owners of a residential cleaning service were taken into custody and later released after failing to comply with a court order directing payment of $3.5 million in back wages to 385 employees.  

On Industry Week, it was reported that Tyson Foods, the poultry producer, was found in violation of the FLSA for failing to pay employees at an Alabama plant for activities required by the company. 

New Paper Debunks Medical Malpractice Myths

On October 1, 2009, a Multonomah County jury in Portland, Oregon, found Del Monte based in Florida had violated Oregon minimum wage laws for having its employees engaging in donning/doffing activities prior to and at the end of their shift and during lunch.  

Current and former Wells Fargo technical support staff who installed, maintained and supported the bank's software and hardware, filed a complaint in 2008 charging that they should have been paid overtime for hours worked over 40 per week.