With the entire department of nearly 10,000 officers working every day for a week since the mobilization May 30, the LAPD burned through more than it allotted even for emergencies.
"I recognize that you have worked tirelessly these past couple weeks during the protests and prior to that during the Safer At Home order. Your dedication and commitment have not gone unnoticed. During this extraordinary time, including the full mobilization of our sworn members, the Department has expended more than $40 million dollars in overtime expenses," Moore wrote Thursday. "This amount far exceeds any budgetary reserve to address unusual occurrences.
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Should Self-Storage Employees Receive Hazard Pay During COVID-19? | Inside Self-Storage
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, many employees are working on the "front lines." These include doctors and nurses, grocery-store cashiers, delivery drivers and even self-storage managers. As we face this enemy called COVID-19, many are wondering if there's really such a thing as hazard pay for staff who still have to go to into their physical workplace while others are working from home.
Though the term "hazard pay" is common, the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), which governs the federal minimum wage as well as overtime-pay eligibility for full- and part-time workers, doesn't address the subject. Further, no states have any requirement for hazard pay within their minimum-wage conditions.
Trailer Maker to Pay for Overtime Violations | Manufacturing.net
Based in New Tazewell, Tennesee, Homesteader manufactures enclosed and dump trailers. On June 10, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) announced that the company is responsible for $134,799 in back wages to 408 employees to resolve overtime violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).The terms of the payout were not disclosed, but an even split works out to about $330 per employee.
After an investigation, WHD found that Homesteader Trailers failed to include some employees' production bonuses in their regular rates of pay when calculating overtime rates.
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For many companies, it's resulted in reduced workforces, changing roles and responsibilities for employees and salary reductions.
Given that, as companies reopen, there are wage and hour issues employers should be aware of including the possibility that some employees previously designated as overtime exempt no longer fit into that category.
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Clarksville plumbing company owner charged with violating law
A Clarksville plumbing company owner is facing federal charges alleging he violated federal wage and child labor laws.
Timothy R. Jurisin of Tim Jurisin Plumbing, with locations on Horace Crow Drive and Willowbrook Drive, is accused of violating overtime and record keeping requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act, according to Eric Lucero, spokesman for the U.S. Department of Labor.
It was found that Tim Jurisin Plumbing employed one minor to engage in job duties using power-driven equipment for work, which is prohibited by child labor protections.
As Employers Begin to Reopen, DOL Issues Final Rule Clarifying Fluctuating Workweek Overtime
On May 20, 2020, the US Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule that clarifies that payments in addition to the fixed salary are compatible with the use of the fluctuating workweek method under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
According to US Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia, the final rule “ . . . offers another example of how the US Department of Labor is working to reduce unnecessary regulatory burdens in order to benefit American workers. Because of the clarity provided by this rule, employers will know they can pay workers’ bonuses in a broader range of circumstances. This rule comes at a time when millions of Americans are returning to work and will benefit from added flexibility in compensation.
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