The day-rate tool pusher earning $963.00 per day is not exempt from the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") – in other words, he or she is entitled to overtime pay. So holds the Fifth Circuit.
The 62-page decision of the divided Fifth Circuit included one concurring opinion and two dissenting opinions. Chief Judge Priscilla Owen joined the other four Judges dissenting.
Dallas City Council members clash over how to address police overtime costs
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Nabisco workers strike enters second month, as company and BCTGM union plot attacks on pay and
The strike by Nabisco food production workers entered its second month Friday, with workers determined to win substantial improvements to pay and working conditions.
On September 8, the most recent contract offer by Mondelez International, Nabisco's parent company, to the Bakery, Confectionary, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM) nominally expired. In-person talks are set to resume between Mondelez and the BCTGM on Monday.
Las Vegas police supervisors now receive standby pay for being on-call | Las Vegas Review-Journal
High-ranking Las Vegas police officers started receiving standby benefits last month after more than two years of union negotiations.
The Las Vegas Police Managers and Supervisors Association confirmed that officers required to work standby now receive 10 hours of vacation time for every 300 hours of on-call work. The union represents sergeants, lieutenants and captains.
Asmussen to Pay $563,800 in Back Wages and Damages - BloodHorse
A letter filed Sept. 8 in U.S. District Court indicates a consent judgment has been reached between the U.S. Department of Labor and trainer Steve Asmussen in which the trainer is to pay $563,800 in back wages and liquidated damages toward 170 affected employees.
The Hall of Famer, who became the winningest trainer in North American racing this summer, is one of numerous horsemen that the U.S. government has sued for alleged violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
DOL Wage-Hour Recap: Defending Contractor Rule Withdrawal - Law360
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California Supreme Court settles pay rate for missed meal, rest and recovery periods -
The California Supreme Court recently addressed what the proper rate for paying missed meal, rest, and recovery periods is under California state law.
Under California's Labor Code, Section 226.7(c), employers are required to provide their employees with time for meals, rest, and recovery. If such time is not provided, employers are required to "pay the employee one additional hour of pay at the employee's regular rate of compensation.
NYC Mayor Threatens to Not Pay NYPD, City Workers Who Refuse COVID Testing
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio threatened to withhold the paychecks of New York Police Department officers and other city workers who aren't vaccinated for COVID-19 and refuse weekly testing.
"If someone, again, does not follow that mandate, that's true, eventually, they're not going to be paid, obviously," de Blasio said in a press conference on Thursday.
Highly Paid Rig Worker Eligible for OT, Full Fifth Circuit Says
A manager of offshore oil rig workers for Helix Energy Solutions Group is eligible for overtime pay under federal law despite making more than $200,000 a year, a sharply divided full slate of Fifth Circuit judges ruled Thursday.
Helix argued that toolpusher Michael Hewitt was exempt from the Fair Labor Standards Act's overtime requirements because he was a "highly compensated executive employee." Hewitt worked for various job "hitches" on oil rigs, about a month each time, and Helix said it paid him on a daily rate.
Villafuerte seeks additional benefits for healthcare workers – Manila Bulletin
Camarines Sur Representative Luis Raymund “LRay” Villafuerte on Saturday, September 11, sought the congressional passage of a bill providing health workers with hazard pay plus substantial increases in the current rates of their overtime pay and other compensations.
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