Sleeping on the job is one of many benefits LIRR workers enjoy, according to a new court filing from a foreman facing prison time for an audacious overtime scam.
In 2018 alone, Balestra, who worked in the LIRR's engineering department, filed 2,954 hours of overtime on top of roughly 2,000 regular work hours, court filings show. That would mean he worked eight hours of overtime every single day of the year without any time off.
State may lower overtime threshold for farm laborers, bypasses December deadline - The Suffolk
The state's Farm Laborers Wage Board plans to hold more hearings in January on potentially lowering the overtime work threshold for farm laborers from 60 to 40 hours per week, bypassing a Dec. 15 legal deadline.
"As contemplated by and in line with her previous Order, on Wednesday, December 15, 2021, New York State Labor Commissioner Roberta Reardon announced the reconvening of the wage board, and that the wage board would hold public hearings to hear testimony to consider the existing overtime threshold
'This used to be a great job': US truckers driven down by long hours and low pay | US economy |
Industry bosses complain they can't hire drivers but workers say they're underpaid and treated 'like trash'
T im Clemons has driven nearly 3 million miles around the US in his 30 years as a truck driver. "This used to be a great job," said Clemons. "I provide a valuable service to this country. It would be nice if we weren't looked down upon like trash."
Pacts with corrections officers, deputies to cost $7.6 million over five years | Local News |
New five-year contracts with unions representing Erie County Correctional Facility and road patrol deputies increase pay and accountability.
The two unions representing corrections officers at the Erie County Correctional Facility in Alden and sheriff's deputies and higher ranking officers reached five-year contracts with Erie County that will raise pay by 17% or more and strengthen officer accountability.
Agriculture Faces Host of New State Laws in California, Farm Bureau Reports
Effective Jan. 1, California's minimum wage rises to $15 per hour for employers with 26 or more employees at any time in a pay period. Those employing 25 or fewer people at all times in a pay period will see the minimum wage rise to $14 per hour in 2022 and to $15 in 2023.
Employers of 26 or more people will also owe overtime pay to agricultural employees after working eight hours in a workday or 40 hours in a workweek. Those employees will be owed time and a half for work after eight and up to 12 hours in a day, and double time after 12 hours.
Mark Glennon | Answers needed as Illinois' Jenny Thornley affair continues | Columns |
If the name Jenny Thornley rings a bell at all, you probably have only vague awareness of what may have seemed like a he-said, she-said news story about a fired state employee and alleged sexual misconduct.
But it's much more than that. The full story raises serious questions of wrongdoing that may go to the heart of how Illinois government works, in both the Pritzker administration and the General Assembly. The story is still unfolding, but answers are clearly needed.
Opinion: Subsidies would worsen child-care crisis.
President Joe Biden promotes the Build Back Better plan in October to expand education, health care and child care.
Parents of young children are being told to return to the workplace, only to find countless day cares closed. For many families, this constitutes a crisis.
Silent revolt among China's young workers will not stay quiet for long | Taiwan News |
A worker walks past the Tencent headquarters in Beijing. A worker walks past the Tencent headquarters in Beijing. (AP photo)
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — This year saw the initial stirrings of a silent revolt among China’s young workers.
Chinese companies have long been toxic places to work. Tech companies have long practiced the presenteeism of ‘996’ – working from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. for 6 days a week without overtime pay.
The Massachusetts Independent-Contractor Statute Does Not Determine Joint-Employer Status |
In Jinks v. Credico , an opinion issued on December 13, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court declined to extend the application of the state’s highly restrictive independent-contractor statute.
The Massachusetts independent-contractor law, found at Section 148B of Chapter 149 of the Massachusetts General Laws, sets forth the so-called “ABC” test for determining whether a worker may be treated as an independent contractor rather than an employee.
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