For some senior-level fire personnel their pay stops after working a certain number of overtime hours
Senator Diane Feinstein has introduced the Wildland Firefighter Pay Act, a bill that would raise the maximum limit on overtime pay for federal firefighters. The current limit affects higher level employees at the GS-12 and above level, and some GS-11s depending on if they are exempt from the provisions in the Fair Labor Standards Act. Under the existing provisions if they work hundreds of hours of overtime they may reach the cap after which they earn no more money.
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Stefan Mychajliw calls out Erie Co.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB)– The Erie County comptroller has flagged overtime expenses during the pandemic saying much of the money is going to top county administrators.
Health Commissioner Dr. Gale Burstein nearly doubled her pay with overtime last year, according to the report from Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw.
He says just a few dozen county employees collected about a quarter of the money paid through the federal CARES Act.
Following Washington Supreme Court Overtime Ruling, Dairy Farmers Seek Legislation to Limit
The question of fairness was at the center of a hearing Thursday on a Washington Senate bill that would limit the ability of courts to award retroactive pay to workers.
Senate Bill 5172, sponsored by Sen. Curtis King of Yakima, seeks to prohibit a court from ordering retroactive pay in overtime wage claims if it creates a "substantially inequitable result." The bill went before the Senate's Labor, Commerce & Tribal Affairs Committee Thursday.
The bill comes several months after the Washington Supreme Court ruled an exemption on overtime pay for dairy workers that dates back more than six decades was unconstitutional.
MA Clarifies Issues on Overtime Compensation Defenses
Employees who claim that their employers misclassified them as exempt from the overtime requirements of Massachusetts law frequently attempt to recover overtime pay for hours worked outside the statute of limitations applicable to statutory overtime claims.
Mary Jane Raymond worked for Federal Management Co., Inc., as a property manager at one of its apartment buildings. From the outset of Raymond's employment, the company paid her a salary and classified her as an exempt employee under state and federal wage and hour laws.
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Mokena police sergeants file lawsuit seeking $1.1 million in overtime pay - Chicago Tribune
A group of Mokena police sergeants are seeking more than $1.1 million in damages related to overtime pay they say they have been shorted on for years.
A lawsuit, filed Monday in federal court, alleges the village has willfully been in violation of state and federal labor and wage laws.
Village Administrator John Tomasoski said the village had not yet been served with a copy of the lawsuit and could not comment on the allegations.
Washington County Supervisors Hold Lengthy Discussion on Employee Holiday Pay | KCII Radio - The
Several hours of discussion took place regarding changes to the employee handbook at the Washington County Board of Supervisors' meeting Tuesday.
For a few weeks the board has discussed revisions to the handbook with Human Resources Administrator Amber Day, and at Tuesday's meeting County Engineer Jacob Thorius presented two options for the board to consider for overtime and holiday pay. Option A states that employees who work on a holiday will receive two times their regular hourly rate for all hours worked on the holiday, which will be considered "premium pay.
County political appointees got over $1.3 million in pandemic overtime | Local News |
Erie County Health Commissioner Dr. Gale Burstein received more than 90% of her base pay in overtime last year for Covid-19 related work.
Erie County Health Commissioner Dr. Gale Burstein collected $183,414 in overtime last year – or 91% of her base salary. Her total compensation of $385,726 reflected 1,266 hours of overtime. That makes her one of the highest paid employees in government.
A new report by County Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw shows that Burstein was the largest single recipient of taxpayer-funded overtime. It also shows that top Sheriff's Office administrators continued to receive more Covid-19 related overtime than members of any other department in county government.
Double overtime: Spokane Fire Department soars past budget during pandemic | The Spokesman-Review
The Spokane Fire Department's overtime budget was already drawing scrutiny from elected officials. Then, a pandemic happened.
The fire department is expected to close out 2020 about $3.5 million over its budget for overtime pay. It remains to be seen how much of the excess will be covered by state and federal pandemic assistance.
"We're still almost double the cost, at this point, of our overtime that was budgeted from last year," Spokane Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said.
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