OLYMPIA — Agricultural workers in Washington state become eligible for overtime pay under a bill signed May 11 by Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee, drawing praise from President Joe Biden.
Senate Bill 5172 creates a phased-in path toward full overtime pay for agricultural workers by 2024. In 2022 they are ensured overtime pay for any time worked over 55 hours a week; in 2023, after 48 hours a week; and in 2024, beyond 40 hours a week.
Without legislative action, farms across the state could have been liable for paying up to three years of overtime pay retroactive from a November 2020 Washington State Supreme Court decision involving a Yakima County dairy. Even with legislative action, dairy farms are obligated to pay overtime after 40 hours already.
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Virginia's New Overtime Law Has Real Teeth
Virginia's wave of employee-friendly legislation continues. In 2020, the General Assembly greatly expanded the scope of the Commonwealth's employment discrimination laws and began the process of hiking its minimum wage toward a $15-per-hour target. This year, lawmakers turned their attention to overtime protections by enacting the Virginia Overtime Wage Act, which takes effect July 1, 2021.
The new wage law specifically requires employers to pay 1½ times an employee's regular pay rate for hours worked in excess of 40 in a workweek. For nonexempt employees paid on an hourly basis, the regular rate is not only her hourly pay rate but also other wages, such as commissions or nondiscretionary bonuses paid or allocated during the workweek.
Dozens of Oakland Police Officers Collect 6-Figure Overtime Payments, Straining City's
Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf’s proposed budget for the coming fiscal year would nearly double the amount of money for police overtime, increasing the city’s law enforcement spending by almost 8% — even as city leaders last summer pledged to slash the department’s budget amid widespread racial justice protests.
Schaaf's proposed budget for the 2021-23 budget cycle, which she presented last Monday to the City Council, includes about $61 million over the next two years for police overtime — up from roughly $32 million in the last two-year budget cycle.
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Union-busting bakery pays $580k to settle overtime case | nwLaborPress
In the next 90 days, checks will be mailed out to 176 current and former workers at an industrial bakery in Gresham.
Portland Specialty Baking (PSB) is paying $580,000 to settle a class-action lawsuit over systematically shorting overtime pay. The company didn't admit to wrongdoing, but did agree to pay up to $90,000 in attorney fees, and $30,000 to a settlement administrator, and $460,000 to the workers. Checks will go out to 176 workers who responded to the lawsuit settlement notice, out of 581 who worked there August 2014 to July 2017 and were contacted by the court.
How companies rip off poor employees — and get away with it
(ASSOCIATED PRESS) — Already battered by long shifts and high infection rates, essential workers struggling through the pandemic face another hazard of hard times: employers who steal their wages.
Companies that hire child care workers, gas station clerks, restaurant servers and security guards are among the businesses most likely to get caught cheating their employees, according to a Center for Public Integrity analysis of minimum wage and overtime violations from the U.S. Department of Labor. In 2019 alone, the agency cited about 8,500 employers for taking about $287 million from workers.
5 types of pay cuts, when they're legal and when they're a good thing
Pay cut. It sounds like a nightmare and something to avoid at all costs. And in some cases, it can leave you in a lurch.
But other times, it’s not necessarily the tragedy you think it will be. In fact, it may even open up doors to new opportunities — and you could elect to take one voluntarily!
Of course, that’s not always the case. What are pay cuts all about? And why would anyone choose to take one? Let’s take a look.
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