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Senate passes a compromise bill on farm overtime pay | News | lyndentribune.com
WHATCOM — A compromise bill passed the Washington State Senate on March 9 setting a gradual course toward farmworker overtime pay, but nixing the idea of such pay as a retroactive liability upon all farms.
Only those workers from a Yakima County dairy who won their case before the state Supreme Court in November 2020 are entitled to back pay, the Senate bill states.
Overtime pay to dairy employees in general would be effective immediately, which many farms have prepared for in recent months. Whatcom County has about 70 dairy farms.
Normal asks railroad to reimburse town for overtime pay in derailment cleanup | WJBC AM 1230
NORMAL – The Town of Normal is hoping local taxpayers will not have to foot the bill for the cost of cleaning up February’s train derailment.
The town government would like Union Pacific Railroad to reimburse taxpayers for about $20,000 in overtime pay that public employees accumulated during the cleanup, said town spokesperson Cathy Oloffson.
She said the town has reached out to Union Pacific, but has not billed the railroad for the expense.
Overtime, hazard pay boost Westmoreland employee wages in 2020 | Health | lancasteronline.com
Mar. 13—Nearly a quarter of Westmoreland County employees were forced to sit home without a paycheck for several months last year while furloughed during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic. Other staffers, though, more than doubled their annual salaries though hazard pay and overtime.
A Tribune-Review analysis of overtime and pandemic pay earned by the county's 1,800 workers found that more than $11 million in added personnel costs were paid out. Certain staff earned time-and-a-half wages during 2020 through pandemic and overtime pay.
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Longbranch Cafe hit with lawsuit claiming cafe, manager withheld some workers' wages, tips |
CARBONDALE — The longtime favorite eatery Longbranch Cafe and its manager are being sued for unfair labor practices, including wage violations, according to a lawsuit filed by the The U.S. Secretary of Labor.
The suit was filed Jan. 15 in the U.S. District Court's Southern District in Illinois against the cafe and its manager, Elaine Ramseyer Greenberg. The suit lists 32 individuals as the plaintiffs in the case.
CARBONDALE — You're all invited to a birthday party, all of you who know and love the Longbranch Café and Bakery and anyone who's yet to visit…
California-Based Flight Attendants Are Protected by California's Overtime and Meal/Rest Break
While the Ninth Circuit’s recent decision in Bernstein v. Virgin America, Inc., et al. , ___ F.3d ____, 2021 U.S. App. LEXIS 5197 (9th Cir. Feb. 23, 2021), gave some wins to the airlines, air carriers employing California-based flight crewmembers must, as a practical matter, now abide by the state’s stringent wage and hour laws – even if the crewmembers in question perform most of their work out of state.
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Bernstein is a class action brought by flight attendants for Virgin – a former California-based carrier – who alleged that the carrier violated California’s wage and hour laws. The primary issue was whether California’s wage and hour laws applied. The class members, all of whom were based in California, spent approximately 31.5% of their time working within California’s borders.
Brockton woman sues Sharon School District for medical discrimination
SHARON — A former payroll specialist for the Sharon Public Schools is suing her past employer in federal court for firing her a day after she filed a notice to go on paid family medical leave , she said in the lawsuit.
Paraskevi Ciulla, of Brockton, said in the lawsuit that in addition to being fired in violation of federal law, she is seeking overtime pay.
Her attorney, David Stillman, of Hanover, said in the lawsuit that his client started working for the school district at the end of 2018. During that time, the school district failed to to pay her overtime for hours she worked.
Lawrence agrees to pay nearly $1M in back overtime | FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather,
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Lawrence officials have agreed to pay nearly $1 million in back overtime to dozens of firefighter captains, police sergeants and other city employees.
The city said in a news release Friday that the city determined it had mistakenly misclassified some jobs as not eligible for overtime when they actually were.
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The issue goes back to the summer of 2019, when captains from Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical requested a formal review of their status as exempt from overtime, thinking that the city may have overlooked a change in federal standards. The city also conducted its own review.
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