LAS CRUCES - The city avoided paying overtime to employees who staffed city events in addition to their regular duties, according to the city's annual audit.
The audit report , which was accepted by the Las Cruces City Council on Feb. 3, stated that the city "did not compensate non-exempt employees of the Convention and Visitors Bureau for overtime hours work in the amount of $8,506," and additionally found that the employees were required to submit timecards excluding overtime hours.
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Colorado Issues Sweeping Wage and Hour Law Changes for Private Employers Through New Wage Order |
Effective March 16, 2020, COMPS Order #36 (the Order), issued by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment, will bring about sweeping changes to Colorado’s overtime and minimum pay standards (COMPS) impacting private employers. The Order will also succeed the currently operative Amended Minimum Wage Order #35, which is the source of Colorado’s wage rights and responsibilities beyond those provided by law.
The Order, like the department’s prior annually issued wage orders, includes laws pertaining to an individual’s eligibility for Colorado minimum wage, overtime pay for work past 40 hours per week and 12 hours per day, meal and rest breaks, and other rights and responsibilities belonging to Colorado employers and employees, such as what wage deductions are permissible, how hourly rates are calculated from non-hourly pay for overtime, and posting requirements.
Audit: Richmond Sheriff's Office overtime payments rose 333 percent last year, costing nearly
Despite a drop in jail population, Richmond Sheriff's Office racks up $2.8M in overtime
"Overtime is increasing, simply because we're paying people to work," said Richmond City Sheriff Antionette Irving. "We have many needs of the individuals that are there."
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"We have over 58 pages of individuals that have to be kept from other people," said Sheriff Irving.
Irving said it requires a lot of staff to keep things in order, but the audit report released by the Richmond City Auditor shows that the average jail population dropped in the last four years from around 970 inmates to an average of 750.
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Make the Road New Jersey members delivered hundreds of letters from New Jersey Workers Calling on
Make the Road New Jersey members delivered hundreds of letters from New Jersey Workers Calling on Gov. Murphy to Restore Overtime Rights
The Trump administration rule, which went into effect last month, only permits white collar workers to be eligible for overtime pay if they earn less than about $35,000 per year. That means retail and fast food managers are missing out on overtime pay and working 50, 60 or 70 hours a week without overtime compensation, losing time with their families and wages.
WDSU Investigates: Breaking down NOFD overtime, more than 50 made $20,000 plus in OT
With a dispute brewing in New Orleans between City Hall and firefighters over pay, WDSU Investigates looked at overtime numbers for the past two years, in 2018 and 2019.
In both years, more than 55 New Orleans Fire Department members made more than $20,000 plus a year in overtime.
The firefighters union in New Orleans said the numbers prove its members are overworked. That's why the group decided its members will no longer work forced overtime, calling for a boycott.
Texas-based contractor fined for failing to pay overtime to Hawaii workers
HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - A Texas-based contractor was slapped with a hefty fine after violating labor standards.
The U.S. Department of Labor says Steve Hoegger and Associates violated the Fair Labor Standards act when it did not properly identify workers as independent contractors during renovation work at the Marriott Koolina Hotel, and the Marriott Maui Ocean Club Hotel.
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A judge ordered the company will have to pay more than $300,000 in penalties. They also owe back-pay to 69 workers in Hawaii.
Legislation would ensure Border Patrol agents receive overtime pay - Homeland Preparedness News
A recently introduced bipartisan bill would bring the Border Patrol pay system in line with other federal law enforcement agencies.
The Border Patrol Pay Security Act would ensure agents who work more than 80 hours per week would receive overtime pay at time and a half their normal rate. It amends section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
According to the bill, "any border patrol agent, if, during a work period of 14 consecutive days, the border patrol agent receives compensation at a rate not less than 150 percent of the regular rate at which the border patrol agent is employed for all hours of work between 80 hours and 100 hours.
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