Amazon said it will double the overtime pay for warehouse workers as the coronavirus pandemic has increased demand for online orders, the company announced Saturday.
Hourly workers in Amazon's U.S. warehouses who work over 40 hours will receive double, instead of 1.5-times, pay between March 15 and May 9, according to an announcement obtained by Reuters .
"When our turn for masks comes, our first priority will be getting them in the hands of our employees and partners working to get essential products to people," he said
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Missoula County authorizes overtime pay for virus workers; watches stimulus bill
Commissioners on Thursday also said they're watching the $2 trillion stimulus package making its way through Congress for its potential benefits to local government, including a request to refinance debt at a lower interest rate and an opportunity to enter the bond market.
But at 1,000 pages long, local governments aren't sure what the stimulus package contains, though Missoula County made a number of requests earlier this week to the state's Congressional delegation.
Maine small business owners back overtime pay guarantee | Beacon
To protect small businesses from "being punished for doing the right thing," half a dozen local business owners held a press conference at the Portland Hunt & Alpine Club on Wednesday to call on members of the Maine legislature to pass LD 402 , a bill that would guarantee overtime pay for an additional 28,000 salaried workers in the state.
Dozens of members of the Maine Small Business Coalition, which represents over 4,000 small business owners like Volk across the state, signed on to a public statement supporting LD 402 in February. The statement declares that worker protections like overtime are necessary to help small businesses compete with large, out-of-state corporations that take advantage of outdated wage and hour laws to avoid fully compensating their employees.
Some Amazon Workers Temporarily Get Overtime Pay Raise - WLTZ
(CNN) – Amazon employees struggling to fulfill orders of people in home isolation; will get a temporary pay raise.
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Edward Jones Freezes Pay, Suspends Overtime, for Advisor Support Staff - AdvisorHub
Edward D. Jones & Co. told half of its 49,000 employees on Monday that it is freezing wages and suspending overtime pay for one year in response to the need to continue operating during the coronavirus crisis.
Jones also has imposed a hiring freeze on all positions, except for licensed financial advisors, through the end of May.
"Deemed one of 16 critical industries by the Department of Homeland Security, Edward Jones is committed to remaining open for business while working to reduce risk and combat the spread of coronavirus," Jones spokesman Alex Reed wrote in an e-mailed statement confirming the actions.
Texas Sheriff's Lieutenants Win Overtime Pay Appeal
An Austin-area sheriff's office must pay overtime to a group of lieutenants who convinced a jury they weren't exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Fifth Circuit ruled Thursday.
Sufficient evidence supports the jury's finding that the lieutenants' recommendations on hiring, firing, discipline, and promotions weren't afforded "particular weight," and that management wasn't their primary duty, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit said, affirming the judgment from the Western District of Texas.
Health Care CEO Who Makes Millions Says No to Hazard Pay for Coronavirus Workers – Mother
Dr. Anne Klibanski, the president and chief executive officer of Partners HealthCare, opened her “Dear Colleagues” note, which was obtained by Mother Jones , with an expression of “gratitude to all of you for providing exceptional patient care and for supporting each other and the community during these unprecedented times.
But next she gave her employees the bad news. Noting that some Partners workers have requested hazard pay, she wrote, “We understand why you may be worried about exposure and are vigilant in our efforts to help you and your colleagues stay safe and healthy. We have also heard you are worried about your family, friends, colleagues and patients.
Thousands of Target employees work over 50 hours a week. Why don't they get overtime?
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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