A federal magistrate judge in Houston conditionally certified a class of workers for Anadarko Petroleum, allowing them to sue the former oil exploration company for back overtime pay over a three-year period.
The workers were classified as independent contractors, put on the payroll of a third-party staffing agency and paid a day rate, according to a lawsuit filed in February in Houston. The number of workers who could qualify for back wages, including consultants and project managers, was not specified in the order signed last week by U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew M. Edison. Anadarko was acquired last year by Houston-based oil exploration company Occidental Petroleum.
Quite a lot has been going on:
Paterson NJ mayor, City Council spar on overtime payments
PATERSON — City Council members are raising objections to about $16,500 worth of overtime payments made to three employees in the business administrator's office during the past month.
Councilman Michael Jackson said the payments showed overtime in the administrator's office was "running amok" and said there was "a lack of oversight."
Business Administrator Kathleen Long asserted that members of her staff put in many extra hours to craft the city's current budget, meeting with department supervisors during the day and compiling numbers at night.
Pennsylvania To Expand Overtime Pay Eligibility Beginning Saturday – CBS Philly
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — After three years of working on the issue, Gov. Tom Wolf's administration said Pennsylvania will become one of a handful of states to expand eligibility for overtime pay beyond federal thresholds, starting Saturday. The Democratic governor first proposed the regulation three years ago amid a repeated failure to persuade the Republican-controlled Legislature to raise Pennsylvania's minimum wage above the federal baseline.
When it was approved in January by a regulatory board, the new overtime regulation was estimated to expand overtime pay eligibility to 82,000 of the very lowest-paid salaried workers through 2022, delivering another $20 million to nearly $23 million a year in increased earnings after the rule takes full effect.
Central Coventry firefighters say district stiffed them on overtime
The intersection of controversial financial turnaround guru Gayle Corrigan and firefighters is once again playing out in Rhode Island, this time in a lawsuit in U.S. District Court.
Coventry firefighters are accusing the Central Coventry Fire District, under the oversight of its manager Corrigan, of violating federal fair labor standards by failing to pay them more than $139,000 in overtime over two years.
Capt. James Almagno sued the district Thursday in U.S. District Court on behalf of 25 current and former firefighters. The firefighters ask the court to declare that the district willfully violated the Fair Labor Standards Act, a federal law that sets minimum wage and overtime pay standards in the workplace. They are seeking back wages and unspecified damages.
Not to change the topic here:
Are you an employee or independent contractor? Change could be coming :: WRAL.com
The new rule the US Department of Labor is considering would redefine the parameters of when an employee can be classified as an independent contractor.
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"It really could affect a broad range of individuals across a broad range of industries," says Laura Noble, an employment law attorney with the Noble Law Firm.
More employees could be hired as independent contractors, a status that lacks have protections under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.
Court Rules Employer Must Pay Overtime For Overtime Work It Does Not Prevent Even If Work Was Not
A class action was filed for unpaid overtime on behalf of approximately 31,000 customer service employees across Canada who worked for a bank over sixteen years. The bank's policies required management pre-approval of overtime hours or post-approval in extenuating circumstances. The bank used software to record hours worked by employees. However, employees did not regularly record their actual hours of work.
The class action claimed that the bank had to pay for overtime work where the employer permitted its performance.
Calif. Nurses Win Class Cert. In Staffing Agency Overtime Row - Law360
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Industry Voices—Employment litigation risks due to the pandemic that healthcare employers should
The coronavirus has also spawned myriad workplace legal risks, from discrimination and retaliation risks to risks of noncompliance with wage and hour laws.
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As employers contend with workplace staffing issues, such as who should return from furlough or return to the workplace from working remotely and under what conditions, they need to be mindful of legal risks under anti-discrimination laws. Whenever employment decisions are made that affect many employees at the same time, the risk of a class action arises, as the number of those affected can unintentionally skew against a protected group.
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Former Anadarko workers can sue for overtime https://t.co/OdTAtWyY4G HoustonChron (from Houston, TX) Thu Oct 22 01:02:35 +0000 2020
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