FRAMINGHAM — Another Massachusetts State Police trooper implicated in a department overtime scandal has been fired, and the agency is working to fire five more troopers, the department's commander has announced.
Forty-six current and retired troopers who worked for the now disbanded Troop E, which patrolled the Massachusetts Turnpike, were implicated in the scheme in which they collected overtime pay for shifts they either did not work or did not complete from 2015 until 2017, authorities said.
Quite a lot has been going on:
Thank You, Next Guidance Please — Everything You Need to Know About the Wage and Hour Division's
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division earlier this week published additional employer guidance regarding compliance with the FLSA during the COVID-19 pandemic (“ Guidance ”). The Guidance is a helpful aide in understanding general wage and hour principles during the crisis.
The Guidance clarifies that employers generally may require employees who are covered by the FLSA to pay for business expenses associated with teleworking (internet access, increased use of electricity, laptop, etc.), unless doing so reduces the employee’s earnings below the required minimum wage or overtime compensation. But there are other laws to bear in mind:
San Diego Police Routinely Blow Past Overtime Budgets | KPBS
Above: A line of police officers observe protesters during a demonstration in downtown San Diego, May 31, 2020.
A decade of city budget data show the San Diego Police Department has repeatedly failed to abide by the overtime budgets approved by the City Council. Now the council is trying to crack down.
But one thing is not up for debate: That Sunday in May was expensive for the city's taxpayers. Officers racked up more than 100,000 hours of overtime during that protest and similar ones in the following days and weeks. By the time the demonstrations had begun to subside in mid-June, the San Diego Police Department had spent nearly $11.4 million beyond its overtime budget for the 2020 fiscal year, which ended on June 30.
Labor Attorneys, Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP, File Lawsuit Against Advantis
The filed lawsuit alleges Advantis Medical Staffing, LLC violated the California Labor Code by failing to reimburse employees for required work expenses, as well as allegedly committing acts of unfair competition.
For more information about the class action lawsuit against Advantis Medical Staffing, LLC, call (800) 568-8020 to speak to Attorney Nicholas De Blouw .
Blumenthal Nordrehaug Bhowmik De Blouw LLP, is a labor law firm with law offices located in San Diego County , Riverside County , Los Angeles County , Orange County , Sacramento County , and San Francisco County . The firm has a statewide practice of representing employees on a contingency basis for violations involving unpaid wages,overtime pay, discrimination, harassment, wrongful termination and other types of illegal workplace conduct.
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Kenmore Police: pay your meter or pay a $15 fine | wgrz.com
KENMORE, N.Y. — Kenmore Police say they will begin enforcing payment for parking in front of businesses on Monday.
The police department wrote on Facebook that it has noticed people not paying for parking at the meters in front of businesses in the village, and that the fine for not paying the meter (or staying past when the meter runs out) is $15.
Paid parking hours at metered spots are from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday and each half hour costs a quarter. Sundays are free.
Marshalls Parent Agrees to Settle Wage Lawsuit for $31.5 Million – Footwear News
After more than 6 years of litigation, The TJX Companies Inc. has agreed to pay out $31.5 million to Marshalls and HomeGoods workers who say they were illegally denied overtime pay.
The deal — which awaits approval in U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts — was reached after months of “dogged negotiation,” according to court documents filed by the plaintiffs’ legal team on July 20.
The settlement will be distributed among about 1,900 current and former assistant store managers of Marshalls and HomeGoods. The gross recovery amount is $16,750, lawyers for the plaintiffs have determined, with the average worker to receive a payout of $10,207 after attorneys’ fees and other costs. Workers’ individual payouts will depend on how many weeks they worked for Marshalls or HomeGoods as well as other factors.
Low Pay and High Risk at the Nail Salon | Dissent Magazine
New York City's nail salons, one of the area's most ubiquitous personal care industries, are slowly reemerging as part of the "Phase Three" reopening process after a long hibernation during the city's economic shut down. But you can't do a manicure from six feet away, and nail salon technicians are struggling to balance safety precautions with the inherently intimate nature of their work.
Like many personal-care workers trying to get by in the COVID-19 era, Mariwvey, a nail salon worker in Rego Park, Queens, is glad to be working again. She was so intent to get back to her workplace, she said, that she paid $100 (about a day’s wages) to have her COVID-19 and antibody test results expedited, because her boss required employees to be tested before returning.
New Pennsylvania COVID-19 Grant Program Helps Employers Provide Hazard Pay to Employees in
On July 16, 2020, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced the COVID-19 PA Hazard Pay Grant Program —a $50 million grant aimed to help employers provide hazard pay to “front-line” employees working in sectors that are vital to the state during the pandemic. Pennsylvania’s Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) will administer the Program. The deadline to submit applications for the Program is July 31, 2020 .
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Eligible employers may apply for up to $1,200 in hazard pay per eligible employee. The eligible employer may only apply for hazard pay for up to 500 eligible employees per location. In other words, an eligible employer can apply for a maximum grant amount of $600,000 per location. Furthermore, the Program limits each employer’s total grant funds to an amount not to exceed $3 million.
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