The lawsuit — brought by a handful of nurses, custodial staff and a physical therapist — calls for the Iowa Board of Regents to cease its practice of delaying overtime payments.
In this week's ruling, U.S. District Court Judge Stephanie Rose ruled that the board must provide plaintiffs with contact information for overtime-eligible UIHC employees who worked overtime without receiving timely payment over the last three years. All of these employees will be given the option to opt into the lawsuit if they have been impacted.
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County 'finds' emergency payroll funds - Florida Keys Weekly Newspapers
The Monroe County Board of County Commissioners met May 8 to transfer money from various parts of the general fund to an account that will be used to pay county workers about $1.5 million that was accrued through special emergency response pay related to COVID-19.
The commission also delayed the deadline for employees to accept or waive the overtime pay and approved a formal resolution as a mechanism for them to do so.
"I think they need a little bit more time," said Mayor Heather Carruthers. The commission agreed and extended the deadline by one week, until Monday, May 18.
It pays to stay unemployed. That might be a good thing
Americans have lost jobs by the millions as the coronavirus pandemic continues to bludgeon the U.S. economy.
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The distortion results from the $2.2 trillion economic relief bill enacted in March, which boosted jobless benefits to a level unseen since the unemployment insurance program was created in the 1930s.
Around 40% of all workers could theoretically earn more while unemployed than going back to work, according to an analysis by Noah Williams, director of the Center for Research on the Wisconsin Economy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Washington County hazard pay won't be reimbursed by FEMA | Local | poststar.com
The Washington County Public Works Committee learned in a virtual meeting Friday that hazard pay for hourly county employees will not be reimbursed by FEMA.
FORT EDWARD — Washington County will not be reimbursed for the hazard pay it is giving hourly employees still reporting to the office during the coronavirus pandemic, the county treasurer told a virtual Public Works Committee on Friday morning.
The subject came up as the supervisors discussed bringing back by May 18 half of the crew of the Department of Public Works, who would also be paid a time-and-a-half rate under a resolution passed by the Washington County Board of Supervisors on March 18.
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Dollar General is thriving. But workers say they pay the price.
"They were always stressed out," she said. The company would "bring security in and take them away, and then it would become a hostile situation again."
Since the mid-1950s, Dollar General's beaming yellow-and-black signs have flourished across the country in some of the most rural areas. The company operates 16,000 stores nationwide, selling brand names at steep discounts in predominantly low-income areas that are too small for Walmart or other large grocery stores.
Exclusive: Brazil asks mint to work overtime as currency shortage looms - Reuters
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil is running short of hard currency needed to pay funds aimed at helping people impoverished by the coronavirus crisis, according to two sources and a document reviewed by Reuters, the latest blow to the country’s troubled stimulus program.
Cash is vital in Brazil, where almost a third of the population is unbanked, lacking access to credit and debit cards. The country’s state-controlled mint on Monday asked workers to ramp up production of paper money starting this month, putting in for overtime as needed, according to a document reviewed by Reuters.
OPINION, Editorial: A salute to moms on Mother’s Day - Opinion - Savannah Morning News -
The ancient Greek philosopher Plato once observed, “Give me a different set of mothers, and I will give you a different world.”
There’s no question that being a mom is a difficult job. It’s not a 9-to-5 situation. There’s no overtime pay. There are no vacation days, no 401(k) matching contributions and no benefits packages. There are, however, plenty of sleepless nights, mountains of laundry to fold, an endless list of things to worry about and lots of messes to clean up.
Kendal CEO: Covid-19 Could Drive Permanent Wage Increases, University Partnerships - Senior
Senior care providers across the country are offering hourly wage increases, overtime pay and other incentives to encourage front line employees to continue providing care to residents during the coronavirus pandemic.
Higher wages are not the only thing that may define a post-Covid landscape. The outbreak may also signal a slowdown of new senior housing developments in dense urban cores and mixed-use settings, and accelerate intergenerational developments on college campuses through university affiliations. Colleges, meanwhile, may be more amenable to pursuing affiliations if enrollments take a post-pandemic dip.
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