HERMANN — Gasconade County administrators hope they have headed off what has become a long-standing fiscal headache in a county government agency — the accrual of compensatory time by …
The issue of overtime and comp time arose a week ago during a Commission budget work session. The discussion centered around new timesheets that were being considered for the sheriff’s agency that was based 160 hours a month, rather than the current 171 hours based on 28 days. Using 160 hours would require at least a minimal amount of overtime, the sheriff said, but there would be no comp time accrued.
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Here are the highest-paid Massachusetts state employees | Boston.com
Massachusetts' state payroll was $8.2 billion in 2020 — 2 percent higher than the previous year — according to data from the comptroller , and reported by the Boston Globe .
And as expected, the state's highest-paid employees largely hail from the University of Massachusetts system.
Michael F. Collins, the chancellor of UMass Medical School, tops the list with an income of $1.1 million. He's been No. 1 since 2017.
Second place belongs to Terence R. Flotte, the executive deputy chancellor of UMass Medical School and the dean of the School of Medicine. He was the only other person to pull over a million dollars.
DOL Opinion Letter Expands Exemption for Journalists and Media Personnel | Ballard Spahr LLP -
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) issued an opinion letter on January 19, 2021, that finds a broader swath of journalists and media personnel may be creative professionals exempt from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This frees up news companies to reconsider alternatives to overtime pay—providing news management and employees alike with greater flexibility in the ever-evolving 24/7 news cycle.
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Journalists may qualify as creative professionals, exempt from the FLSA’s minimum wage and overtime requirements, regardless of the size or geographic footprint of their media product. Employers in the media and entertainment industry may want to reexamine whether journalists and other media professionals they employ qualify for the creative professional exemption.
Biden immigration proposal to offer green cards to farm workers - Business Insider
President Joe Biden is presenting a sweeping immigration reform bill to Congress on his first day in office, prioritizing a sharp rebuke to the Trump years. It would award permanent residency to farm workers who have kept the country fed throughout the pandemic, offer a pathway to citizenship for Dreamers — giving hope to one son of farm workers and brother of a Dreamer.
Those who receive green cards would also be fast-tracked for citizenship, part of an effort to provide a path to legal status for more than 11 million undocumented people currently in the US.
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Philly Law Firm Didn't Provide OT For Workers, Paralegal Says - Law360
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Omni Hotels' Wage And Hour Suit Sent Back To Calif. Court - Law360
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Bank of America: $750 pandemic bonus to staff earning $100K or less - Business Insider
Eligible staff at the second-biggest US lender who earn $100,000 or less annually will get the bonus. Employees earning more than that that will get a grant of between 150 to 750 restricted stock units, per a staff memo viewed by Insider.
Bank of America didn't confirm what the eligibility criteria was, but noted that 97% of its global workforce would be getting either the bonus or the stock award.
"Our company and teammates were called upon to address unprecedented challenges," CEO Brian Moynihan wrote in the memo. "This move is the next step our company is taking to significantly invest in health, safety, benefits, and other resources to support you during this global health and humanitarian crisis."
DOL addresses tip pools, overtime in pair of restaurant-focused opinion letters | HR Dive
DOL's opinion letters are fact-specific responses to employer inquiries. The opinion letters are limited in scope to the particular issues addressed and can serve as an affirmative defense in case a lawsuit is filed. The Obama administration discontinued the letters in 2010 in favor of "administrator interpretations" that were more broadly applicable but the department returned to opinion letters in 2017.
Under rules in place since 2011, tip pools that included non-tipped employees were prohibited, even if employers also paid all workers involved minimum wage. Late last year, former President Donald Trump's DOL reversed that position and moved to permit employers that do not take a tip credit to create tip pools that include employees who do not customarily and regularly receive tips. The change will take effect March 1 if not halted during the early days of President Joe Biden's
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The Business Department plans to rip up rules governing the 48-hour week, rest breaks at work and not including ove… https://t.co/hDTPWNnnZf PeterStefanovi2 (from London) Fri Jan 15 08:09:50 +0000 2021
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