Crisis, what crisis? You don't have to look at the numbers behind the city's new, $92 billion budget to see that neither the mayor nor the City Council takes the COVID-19 calamity seriously: Just to look at the number of workers the city plans to keep on board over the next year.
By next June, Gotham expects to be able to pay 329,152 people, ranging from 131,358 teachers to 1,317 mayoral-office staffers. You might imagine this figure represents a sharp cut to the 2019 levels, the last fiscal year before the pandemic hit (that is, the fiscal year that ended last June).
While you're here, how about this:
Amazon gives front-line workers a $500 coronavirus bonus
In a memo to employees, Dave Clark, Amazon's senior vice president of retail operations, said the company will pay full-time warehouse, Whole Foods and delivery workers a $500 bonus. Part-time workers will receive a $250 bonus, while Flex drivers who deliver packages for Amazon will receive $150 if they worked more than 10 hours in June. Whole Foods store managers will get a $1,000 bonus, and owners of Amazon's third-party delivery services will get a $3,000 bonus.
"My thanks and gratitude for the truly remarkable commitment to customers you have shown throughout this journey," Clark wrote in the memo. "I have never been more proud of our teams."
California Protects Garment Workers With SB 1399 And One Manufacturer Is Reopening After
Los Angeles Apparel founder and CEO, Dov Charney, plans to re-open after reporting 150 cases of employees who tested positive for the coronavirus at its facility. The outbreak required the Public Health Department to shut down the facility as a safety measure.
With SB 1399 in place, reform of safety measures and practices of these garment manufacturing facilities is in order. Most garments workers are undocumented and have needed support from the legal community in this effort for making their workplace as safe as possible and while working for fair wages.
Oklahoma City property management company settles overtime violations
A property management company in Oklahoma City has paid more than $23,000 in owed overtime wages to resolve violations brought against it by the U.S. Department of Labor, officials have announced.
Investigators found that Carland Properties LLC paid four property managers and maintenance workers flat salaries, regardless of the number of hours they worked per workweek.
The employees, officials said, did not meet exemption requirements set out by the Fair Labor Standards Act.
While you're here, how about this:
Aldi to pay $2M to settle class-action wage and hour claims | HR Dive
This is not the first time Aldi has faced wage and hour claims in recent months. Last year, the store agreed to pay a nearly $10 million settlement following claims it paid some workers based in Syracuse, New York, flat salaries for doing the same work as employees who were paid on an hourly basis and eligible for overtime, local media reported.
It's not uncommon for employers to face class action lawsuits alleging wage and hour claims such as overtime violations, and the resulting legal fines often range in the millions. A U.S. district court judge, for example, ordered Steak 'n Shake last year to pay more than $7.7 million after managers said the restaurant denied them over overtime pay.
Air medical company agrees to $78M settlement for overtime
OAKLAND, Calif. — A medical helicopter operator has been ordered to pay $78 million to its flight crew employees for unpaid overtime and missed breaks in a class-action lawsuit settlement.
Alameda County Superior Court Judge Winifred Y. Smith agreed Wednesday to the preliminary settlement filed by about 450 former and current medical flight crew members employed in California by Air Methods Corporation of Colorado.
Air Methods also is expected to pay daily overtime to its medical flight crew starting from June 28, resulting in an estimated 20% or more increase to their salaries, according to the attorneys representing the crew.
31 Brockton employees made over $200k in a year, cops top the list - News - The Enterprise,
Eight of the city's top 10 highest earners for last year were employees of the Brockton Police Department. One police captain made more than $300,000, topping the list for the second year in a row.
BROCKTON – More than 30 city employees raked in over $200,000 in Brockton last year, and police continue to top the list of the community's highest paid public employees.
The city of Brockton recently released the list of highest compensated employees for 2019 after a request from The Enterprise, which has published the public information each year when it becomes available.
Long Island taxpayers face $2.1 billion in costs for severance benefits going to public employees
Police stand by on horseback near the site of a campaign appearance April 6, 2016, by then-Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in the Nassau County community of Bethpage, New York.
(The Center Square) – Long Island taxpayers will bear the burden of paying about $2.1 billion in severance benefits to police officers, teachers, and public employees who enjoy high salaries, according to a recent analysis.
Long Island's two counties, Nassau and Suffolk, have long struggled with paying these severance benefits, even before the pandemic plunged multiple sources of revenue. A Newsday report tabulated that each county currently owes half a billion dollars in severance obligations.
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