While the COVID pandemic and tax policies are making the headlines from Olympia, farmers and farmworkers have their focus trained on an issue that could devastate Washington's agricultural economy. A recent state Supreme Court ruling known as the DeRuyter Brothers case did away with a 60-year-old law exempting dairy workers from overtime pay in Washington state. However, this ruling was silent on the issue of back pay and offered no relief or guidance for seasonal or harvest workers.
These issues are now casting a long and dangerous shadow over small to mid-size farms. Our state's agricultural economy needs the legislature to take swift and decisive action to stop this legal onslaught and find a solution that honors farmers and their workers.
While you're here, how about this:
Measure allowing overtime for farmworkers moves forward | HeraldNet.com
Elite High school athletes 'deserve' compensation: Overtime Sports Co-founder on shaking up
Now, it's directly challenging the NCAA, with the launch of a new basketball league that promises six-figure salaries to elite high school athletes. Speaking to Yahoo Finance, Overtime co-founder and President Zack Weiner said the new league, Overtime Elite, offers an attractive alternative to a college system that "is not optimized for [a player's] ability to have a long NBA career and be prepared."
"This is really meant for really the top 30 athletes, not just in this country, but in the world," Weiner said. "This is a special cohort of young adults that I think deserve not just compensation, but a customized experience to get them to that promised land for them."
Overtime Bill Moves On Pt 3 - AG INFORMATION NETWORK OF THE WEST
Many things are taking place:
Despite De Blasio Assurances, NYPD Blows Past Overtime Budget Months Ahead Of Schedule - Gothamist
The NYPD has surpassed its overtime budget less than eight months into the fiscal year, easily blowing past a $253 million cap that Mayor Bill de Blasio touted as the centerpiece of his efforts to rein in police spending.
Through February, the department had paid out $270 million in overtime to uniformed and civilian officers, according to figures provided to Gothamist by the NYC Independent Budget Office. At the current pace, total spending on police overtime will equal $405 million for the fiscal year ending June 30th, 60% more than what the mayor had promised.
Making Out-of-State Calls Brings Worker Within Federal Wage Law
An administrative assistant at a Florida pest control company convinced the Eleventh Circuit Thursday to find in her favor in an overtime wage dispute under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
Wendy St. Elien's lawsuit against All County Environmental Services Inc. was dismissed by the trial court, which relied on language in the federal law that requires overtime pay for workers who are "engaged in commerce or in the production of commerce" beyond 40 hours per week.
City to pay $350,000 settlement in employee overtime lawsuit | Richmond Free Press |
City Hall has agreed to collectively pay $57,371 to 11 mostly former city Finance Department employees who alleged they were forced to work overtime without being paid.
Including lawyer's fees, the proposed $350,000 settlement of the nearly 2-year-old federal lawsuit was filed March 10 in U.S. District Court in Richmond. The agreement only needs the approval of Judge Robert E. Payne to go into effect.
According to the agreement, the payments will range from $1,178.75 to $7,580.87 for each of the 11 people who participated in the complaint filed in May 2019 by two former employees, Tyrus Yerby and Adrienne Webster.
Abilene ISD construction projects also felt winter's punch
Abilene Independent School District trustees learned a bit more about the impact felt by last month's winter storm destruction.
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While existing facilities were hit hard, neither Dyess Elementary's new campus nor the Leadership in Future Technologies (LIFT) Center were damaged by the storm that left many Abilenians without power or water for days.
February was a particularly difficult month for the LIFT Center, according to project architects with Fort Worth-based Huckabee.
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