Last year, Washington's Supreme Court disrupted the state's agricultural industry when it held that the agricultural overtime exemption violated the state's constitution as applied to dairy workers. As a result, all dairy employers immediately had to start paying their workers overtime at a rate of 1.5 times their regular hourly rate.
While not explicitly addressed, the Martinez-Cuevas v. DeRuyter Brothers Dairy decision raised significant concerns throughout the agricultural industry regarding (1) whether the decision would be applied to all agricultural employers, not just dairy employers, and (2) whether the decision would be applied retroactively.
Crew leaders backed in overtime fight
A federal appeals court sided with two crew leaders on Friday in a dispute about whether they should be paid overtime for driving farmworkers to accomplish tasks like buy groceries, go to the bank and do laundry.
Crew leaders Jose Ramirez and Joel Santana filed the lawsuit in 2017 against Statewide Harvesting & Hauling, LLC, which is a Florida company that harvests fruit and hauls it to processing plants and packing houses.
From 2014 to 2017, the company primarily employed temporary foreign guest workers. It was required under federal law to provide meals or kitchen facilities, along with access to such things as laundry facilities, according to the ruling.
Antero Resources Beats $1,000-Per-Day Consultant's Overtime Suit
Drilling consultants who worked for Antero Resources Corp. aren't entitled to overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act because they were guaranteed at least $1,000 a day and were therefore highly-compensated employees exempt from the law, a federal court in Colorado said.
The FLSA requires employees be paid overtime for each hour they work over 40 hours in a given week, but highly-compensated employees are exempt from that requirement. Federal regulations define highly-compensated employees as those who are paid at least $455 a week on a salary basis.
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Biz Roundup: Chewy seeking more than 200 workers at fulfillment center - Salisbury Post |
SALISBURY — Chewy announced last week that it is hiring more than 200 full and part time positions with a variety of skill sets and shifts for its fulfillment center in Salisbury.
Since officially beginning operations at the facility in April 2020, the company has already surpassed its initial goal of creating 1,200 jobs by 2025. In the fall, Chewy put out a similar call for more than 200 workers.
The online pet retailer is now offering more incentives to lure in applicants, including the ability of employees to earn up to an extra $2 per hour added to full time wages, an earning potential of up to $20 per hour depending on shift and role, referral bonuses of $500, sign-on bonuses of $250 and temporary overtime incentives of up to $500 in addition overtime pay through June 5.
DA's Office finds Monterey County Sheriff's Office broke the law but really didn't mean to
When California sheriffs gather for their annual conferences, such as their 2019 event in Monterey, there is golf to be played, often a chance to fire exotic or antique weapons, awards to be accepted, law enforcement lobbying efforts to be discussed and, time permitting, a few hours of training.
Many of the meals are provided to the sheriffs and their spouses courtesy of vendors hoping to sell radios, weapons, health care or whatever to the 52 sheriff's departments in California. The golf is usually free, too, courtesy of the golf courses.
The Fight for Equal Pay Must Include Domestic Workers - The Good Men Project
The pandemic has dramatically exposed the vital role that care workers play in our society. As child care centers and schools closed and nursing homes became Covid-19 hotspots, families have strained to juggle work and other responsibilities while taking care of loved ones.
The labor of caregiving — as essential as it is — is severely undervalued and carried out by some of the nation's most vulnerable workers.
Even when controlling for demographics and educational background, domestic workers still face a large pay gap: The average domestic worker is paid 74 cents for every dollar that a similar worker would make in another occupation.
Workers' rights: A proposed California law could transform fast-food work | Fortune
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More than 70 officers have left force since January 6, Capitol Police union says - WENY News
More than 70 rank-and-file United States Capitol Police officers have resigned or retired since the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol building , their police union says.
"What keeps me awake at night is not the challenge of hiring and training more police officers, but keeping the officers we have right now," said USCP Labor Committee Chairman Gus Papathanasiou in a statement. "We have many officers on the fence about whether to stay with this department."
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