In the wake of a report detailing a surge in police pay over the course of the past decade, Mayor Martin J. Walsh on Thursday acknowledged the need for continued scrutiny on city spending, but said police overtime is often justified and a necessary part of the department's work.
"On the surface, obviously, it bothers you, and as mayor, certainly, you would like to get overtime down in a lot of different places," Walsh said in an interview. But, he added, "my focus is to make sure that we're keeping our residents safe."
Not to change the topic here:
From overtime to meal breaks, HR's FLSA handbook | HR Dive
HR Dive has compiled eight stories that encapsulate the most important pieces of recent FLSA news and highlight the insights pay professionals need to understand them.
When employers run afoul of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), costly remediation can follow. In 2019, a judge ordered Steak 'n Shake to pay $7.7 million in liquidated damages to the misclassified managers it denied overtime pay. NaviHealth recently agreed to pay $4.69 million to resolve claims that it misclassified "care management employees" as exempt from overtime.
Feds: Metro Detroit company owes its drivers $1.5M in overtime pay
A metro Detroit trucking company's drivers were employees, not independent contractors, and deserved overtime pay, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
The Labor Department has filed a lawsuit in federal court in Detroit against ProCorp LLC owner Timothy Schultz of Taylor and operations manager Nichole Shaffer of Dearborn Heights. The government is seeking more than $1.5 million in overtime back pay and damages for about 700 drivers who move new vehicles among different yards in metro Detroit, the department said in a news release.
Joliet spent $800,000 dealing with recent looting and storm damage | The Herald-News
Joliet spent about $800,000 protecting the city from looters and recovering from recent storm damage, interim City Manager Steve Jones said this week.
Jones gave the report on the unbudgeted personnel expenses at a time the city is trying to cut back on personnel costs because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on tax revenues.
City administration is seeking pay concessions from city unions in an effort to cut personnel costs by $3.9 million.
Many things are taking place:
109 Joliet Employees Made $150,000 In 2019 | Joliet, IL Patch
JOLIET, IL — At Tuesday's Joliet City Council meeting, interim city manager Steve Jones cautioned that Joliet still projects an operating budget deficit for this year between $12 million and $20 million as a result of the economic slowdown caused by the new coronavirus pandemic.
Joliet's two casinos generate $1.4 million in monthly city revenue. Joliet has not collected a dime from either Harrah's and Hollywood Casino Joliet because both casinos have remained off-limits to visitors for more than three months, following the new coronavirus pandemic.
Some of Boston's top-paid police officers have checkered pasts - The Boston Globe
A Globe review of the Boston Police Department's top-paid officers found several have checkered histories.
But for reasons not entirely clear, Kervin wasn't fired; instead he served a four-month suspension. And last year, records show, he was once again the department's highest-paid employee, earning $355,538, including $115,361 in overtime pay, in 2019. He made another $41,360 in off-duty details, which are paid by private companies, and earned $35,492 in city money via education incentives.
Digi-Key contractor ordered to pay construction workers $315,000 in back wages - StarTribune.com
A contractor for Digi-Key Electronics violated labor laws and was ordered to pay nearly $315,000 in back wages to construction workers on an expansion project in Thief River Falls, state officials announced Friday.
The Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry (DLI) said its investigation revealed the back pay was owed to 70 subcontractor construction workers who toiled on Digi-Key's expansion worksite in 2018 and 2019.
The back wages paid ranged from less than $100 to more than $11,000 per person, state officials said in a statement.
Judge To 'Wrestle' With Cert. Bid In PNC Unpaid Wage Case - Law360
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