Baltimore has agreed to pay nearly 2,500 current and former Baltimore Police employees $3.45 million in unpaid overtime, ending a lawsuit filed in 2016.
The city's Board of Estimates voted unanimously to approve the settlement at its weekly Wednesday morning meeting.
USPS has shorted some workers' pay for years, CPI finds
Nancy Campos' back ached as she loaded more than 100 Amazon packages onto her truck. The 59-year-old grandmother, a mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, had worked 13 days in a row without a lunch break, and now she was delivering on the Martin Luther King Jr.
At the end of her shift that January day, Campos filled out her time sheet. Then she took a picture of it — for proof.
Wage Theft: What It Is, and What You Can Do About It - Labor and Employment Legal Blogs Posted by
Wage theft occurs when your employer doesn’t pay you all the wages you’re owed. This could involve withholding overtime pay, employee benefits, annual leave, or any other form of compensation that you’re entitled to. It can also involve charging you inappropriate fees.
China's tech sector gets dragged off hamster wheel | Reuters
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A man holding a phone walks past a sign of Chinese company ByteDance's app TikTok, known locally as Douyin, at the International Artificial Products Expo in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China October 18, 2019. Picture taken October 18, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer
HONG KONG, Sept 3 (Reuters Breakingviews) - ByteDance, owner of the popular TikTok short-form video app, in August ended a near decade-long tradition of requiring that employees work an extra weekend day every other week.
Former San Leandro Officer Sentenced for Stealing From Police Department – NBC Bay Area
A former San Leandro police officer was sentenced Wednesday to felony probation, community service and ordered to pay as much as $46,815 in restitution for stealing from the police department.
Former Sgt. Robert Sanchez received more than $16,000 in overtime pay for hours he did not work, Alameda County prosecutors said Thursday.
Ethekwini mulls replacing overtime pay with an allowance to rein in ballooning security
Head of security management Dumisani Bhengu told the finance committee recently that they were looking at contain overtime expenditure in the security cluster, and replace it with an allowance.
Apart from VIP security officers, other units that could be affected by the proposed change are the land invasion unit, rapid response and escort unit, security officers that look after the City Hall, and those working on the city streets.
China rules '996 work culture' as illegal to prevent people from overworking | The Drum
China has ruled that the '996 work culture' in the country, a practice where people work from 9am to 9pm six days a week, is illegal.
In a statement, China's top court and labor ministry detailed 10 court decisions related to labor disputes, many involving workers being forced to work overtime.
Postal Service has shorted some workers' pay for years, investigation finds
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(AP) - Nancy Campos' back ached as she loaded more than 100 Amazon packages onto her truck. The 59-year-old grandmother, a mail carrier for the U.S. Postal Service, had worked 13 days in a row without a lunch break, and now she was delivering on the Martin Luther King Jr.
At the end of her shift that January day, Campos filled out her time sheet. Then she took a picture of it — for proof.
Purdue Univ. Beats Unequal Pay Claims In Worker's Bias Case - Law360
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Libby set to vote on $9.7 million budget | Western News
City councilors in Libby plan to vote on the municipality's proposed $9.7 million budget at their Sept. 7 meeting.
Grants and government funding fueled a chunk of the city's spending. A new line item for grants and contributions under the city's community development fund would bring in $691,000.
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