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Amazon: Staff told to work overtime as virus spikes demand - BBC News
Workers at Amazon's UK warehouses are being told to work overtime to tackle huge demand due to the coronavirus pandemic, despite government calls to restrict social contact.
The GMB union says that workers across at least four different sites were informed that they had to work "compulsory overtime" from Monday.
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One worker at Amazon's Dunfermline warehouse in Scotland, who asked not to be named, told the BBC that staff in the "inbound goods" department are having additional hours imposed.
TSA freezes hiring and overtime pay as spring break travel season nears
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Over the next two months, thousands of people will be planning spring break trips -- but there might be a snag that could have travelers waiting in the security line a lot longer than normal.
Channel 9 learned there could be fewer TSA agents on duty to get airline passengers through security at airports across the country.
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During the next few weeks, as more families travel for spring break, lines can get very long, extending the wait to get through security. To make matters worse, the Washington Post is reporting the TSA has temporarily frozen hiring and overtime pay.
Case: Wage & Hour/Conditional Certification (D. Md.)
Aldi Inc. store managers seeking overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act for regularly working more than 40 hours per week because of the discount grocery chain's alleged systematic under-staffing can't proceed as a nationwide collective.
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COVID-19 Pandemic Employment Law Questions
Following are recent questions to which our attorneys have responded, along with an explanation of the various legal implications.
It is critical that employers provide timely and fact-based information to their employees. Employers should not only ensure all reasonable measures are taken to minimize the risk of the coronavirus being spread within their workspaces but also regularly communicate their efforts to their employees.
Communications also should be empathetic. Employers should assure their employees that the company's highest priority is the health and well-being of their personnel.
Congress Passed $8.3 Billion in Emergency Coronavirus Funding, but First Responders Still Can't
"I think we know how to put our protective gear on," said Gary Ludwig, chief of the Champaign Fire Department in Illinois, calling that part of the bill "ridiculous."
"They don't need to teach us that," said Ludwig, who is also president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs. "We need more stuff, is what we need."
Haydon Pitchford, an EMT in Central Virginia, has been searching for the N-95 masks that are recommended to protect against the novel coronavirus. He called the money a "paltry sum" devoted to the wrong purpose. "One would assume we'd need protective equipment for that training to be useful," he said.
New York state worker logged 3,600 hours of overtime in 2019
One state worker logged 3,600 hours of overtime last year – an additional 69 hours a week – that brought her $231,000 in overtime payments alone.
The worker, Denise Williams, a security training assistant at the Kirby Forensic Psychiatric Center in Manhattan, ended up making nearly $322,000 in earnings in 2019, including the most in overtime of any state worker in New York, records showed.
It was the second year in a row she topped the overtime earners list, the records obtained by the USA TODAY Network New York through a Freedom of Information request showed.
Case: Wage & Hour/Independent Contractor (D.D.C.)
A cleaner for a cleaning company in Washington D.C. may proceed with her claim that the company failed to properly pay her minimum wage and overtime. The parties dispute whether she was an employee or an independent contractor given that they disagree about the amount of control a superior had over her, including the degree of supervision and control of her schedule the he possessed.
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