Washington farmworkers and labor advocates won big on Thursday as the state Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that dairy workers are entitled to receive overtime pay as part of the Washington Minimum Wage Act, a ruling that is expected to set precedent for the rest of the Evergreen State's agriculture industry to earn similar protections.
The ruling makes Washington only the 6th state in the country where agricultural workers are eligible for time-and-a-half benefits, according to Bloomberg Law.
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Flathead County commissioners deny overtime pay for swamped health department staff | The
The Flathead County commissioners recently voted to deny overtime pay for seven health department employees that have been working exorbitant hours since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The employees, who all hold manager or manager-equivalent titles and salaried positions, are considered "exempt" from receiving overtime compensation under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The Flathead City-County Health Department, with support from the Montana Public Health Association, had requested overtime compensation as a means to prevent burnout for the employees who, according to Deputy Health Officer Kerry Nuckles, have been pulling 80-hour work weeks since the start of the pandemic and are often performing tasks that go above and beyond what they were hired to do.
Washington State Supreme Court Rules Dairy Workers Entitled to Overtime - Lexology
While the Court reviewed the constitutionality of the provision exempting all agricultural workers from the state's overtime pay requirement, it distinguished the year-round nature of the dairy industry from seasonal farm work. The opinion applies only to the "affected class of agricultural workers"—dairy workers—and addresses only Washington state wage and hour law.
Hamilton school administrators received overtime pay, not bonuses, says HWDSB | TheSpec.com
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Hamilton’s public school board says the additional pay it gave school administrators in September was to compensate for overtime hours worked and was not intended as bonuses, following backlash from teachers’ unions.
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Companies will pay more wages as overtime rules go into effect Jan 1
After more than three years of debate, negotiation and lawsuits, the U.S. Department of Labor's new mandatory overtime pay rules go into effect Jan. 1. The rule extends overtime pay to an estimated 1.3 million U.S. workers.
Under previous rules, workers who earn a salary instead of an hourly wage are entitled to overtime pay if they earn less than $23,660 a year. The new rule raises the threshold to $35,568, below the threshold of $47,000 first introduced in 2016 under the Obama administration. Workers who are not exempt must receive at least one and a half times their regular pay after working 40 hours a week.
DOL Issues Opinion Letter Confirming That The Fluctuating Workweek Method Of Calculating Overtime
On August 31, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor issued a new opinion letter shedding light on the application of the fluctuating workweek method for paying overtime wages required under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Under the FLSA, employers must pay nonexempt employees at least one and half times their regular rate for all hours in excess of 40 worked in an actual workweek. For employees who work variable hours each week, the employer may use the fluctuating workweek method to compute the amount of overtime pay owed to a nonexempt employee as long as the following criteria are met:
Walgreens Shortchanged Retail Workers on Overtime Pay, Suit Says
Amazon extends its higher hourly and overtime pay during coronavirus - CNET
Many workers in the US and across Europe have protested their treatment during the pandemic, saying Amazon isn't doing enough to protect them from the virus.
Amazon, meanwhile, has defended its efforts to keep its warehouses safe, saying it provides face masks and gloves, does temperature checks and continually cleans its facilities.
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Maybe this is how the Supreme Court ultimately tells Trump to take a hike: Trump appointee at GSA declines to sign… https://t.co/uR3T4EH3w7 FrankFigliuzzi1 (from Tucson, AZ) Mon Nov 09 02:55:53 +0000 2020
Another election outcome I'm really excited about: the Washington Supreme Court ruled that farmworkers are entitled… https://t.co/pRY2ZDw5p7 AshlieD_Stevens Sun Nov 08 16:27:00 +0000 2020
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