You may have a legal obligation to repay old debts, but there are also strict limits on debt collectors' tactics.

Before paying a debt in collections, verify it’s legitimate and collectible to avoid scams or zombie debt. You have rights under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) that protect you from ...

Kalpana Kotagal’s confirmation to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission offers promise for the reinstatement of federal pay data collection, a critical pay equity tool discontinued in 2019.

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More than half a decade ago, the nation’s top workplace civil rights enforcement agency began a high-level examination of how U.S. employers paid their employees, an experiment it said was intended to ...

Take a Financial Relief Quiz. Get matched with an Authorized Partner. Negative information like unpaid bills and collection activity stays on your credit reports for seven years in most cases, during ...

With all the focus on high medical costs, increased regulatory scrutiny on medical debt collections, and the resulting revenue cycle challenges, it’s easy to overlook that most patients want to pay ...