Target Corp. has quietly settled half a dozen class action lawsuits and still faces two more from workers who allege the company has failed to pay overtime they're owed.
Target calls these workers "executive team leaders" and pays them managerial salaries — as opposed to hourly wages — that keep them from earning overtime.
But the workers say they are worker bees like other Target staff, restocking shelves, hauling garbage and bagging groceries. In legal filings, workers say Target regularly requires its low-level managers to work 50 hours a week or more because they don't earn overtime, while rank-and-file workers' hours are closely monitored and kept below full-time.
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New Hourly Wage Rules Help Employers, But Putting Them to Work Remains a Hard Task | Daily
Miami-Dade Chief Circuit Judge Bertila Soto has moved to close down court facilities, ordering all staff with the ability to work from home to do so during this period.
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Jordi Guso, managing partner of the 160-employee Berger Singerman, says, "Aside from where people are actually sitting, it's business as usual."
The statewide order instructs chief judges to prioritize essential and critical matters until at least March 27.
Aldi Shakes Off Managers' Nationwide Overtime Suit
Aldi Inc. store managers seeking overtime pay for working "excessive hours" because of the discount grocery chain's systematic understaffing can't proceed as a nationwide collective, a federal court ruled.
The lead plaintiffs didn't submit any evidence showing that their job duties at their stores in Maryland were representative of work performed by other Aldi managers nationwide, Judge Paula Xinis of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland said Monday.
New Overtime Pay Regulation In Pennsylvania May Create Obligations For Employers Beyond Federal
On January 31, 2020, the Pennsylvania Independent Regulatory Review Commission (IRRC) adopted an amendment promulgated by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) to increase the minimum salary required to avoid overtime compensation for Executive, Administrative and/or Professional (EAP) workers. The new minimum salary is $684 per week ($35,568 annually).
The new required minimum salary in Pennsylvania matches the new federal threshold which became effective January 1, 2020, but in 2021 (one year after the new regulation is published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin) the Pennsylvania minimum will exceed the federal level. The amendment also attempts to align Pennsylvania's "duties tests" with the federal regulations, but gaps remain, including the differing salary thresholds beginning in 2021.
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Disney and Universal step up to help employees idled by coronavirus closures — but will it be
With all the world's top theme parks closed indefinitely , I know that a lot fans are feeling disappointment, even as we resolve to do our part to stop the spread of COVID-19 by staying home as much as we can.
Disney has announced that it will pay its cast members during the shutdown. Universal has said that it will pay its team members for their scheduled shifts. However, SeaWorld announced only that it would pay its full-time employees during the closure. What about the park’s many part-timers?
Wage board could change 60-hour overtime rule for farmworkers | Newsday
A three-person wage board will hold hearings around the state before making a recommendation on farmworkers' overtime. Credit: Newsday/John Paraskevas
New York State could change the number of hours that farmworkers must work before earning overtime pay, officials said.
The state Department of Labor plans to convene a three-member wage board to examine the threshold over which time-and-a-half must be paid to farm employees. The threshold is now 60 hours per week.
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Colorado Goes "Wage & Hour" Crazy—Enhances Employee Protections a la California | Blank Rome LLP
For all of those employers with employees based in Colorado, we wanted to update you on some sweeping changes to Colorado wage and hour laws that went into effect on March 16, 2020 . As you know, employers generally must comply with both state and federal wage and hour laws—essentially meeting the requirements that are most protective of employees. To date in Colorado, the state law’s applicability has been limited—but that’s not going to be the case any longer.
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You have thousands of people packed into Walmart, Target, Kroger, etc. - but the government is cracking down on sma… https://t.co/n6jjS2aog7 toddstarnes (from Memphis, TN) Sun Mar 15 21:56:56 +0000 2020
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