The purpose of a 40-hour week and the requirement of time and a half overtime pay for that 41st hour and beyond is to compensate employees for the extra hardships of their longer labor. It's been a matter of federal law since Congress and FDR adopted the Fair Labor Standards Act in 1938.
The exclusion of farm workers from OT still exists in U.S. law, but New York, in 2019, finally extended overtime to agricultural employees, but cruelly set the threshold at 60 hours a week. The decision to lower the number was left to a Wage Board under the state Department of Labor.
Bellport Construction Companies Ordered to Pay Nearly $1M in Withheld Overtime
The owner of three Bellport concrete supply and construction companies must pay a total of $987,591 in back wages and damages after a U.S. Department of Labor investigation found that the employer schemed to withhold 99 workers' overtime pay, according to a consent judgement issued by the U.S.
Agriculture workers now eligible for overtime pay after 55 hours | KIMA
Hawaii deputy sheriffs hoping for back hazard, overtime pay | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Grievances filed by state deputy sheriffs over a new payroll system, and protracted negotiations involving hazard and overtime pay related to the COVID-19 pandemic and protests of the Thirty Meter Telescope project on Mauna Kea appear to be inching toward resolution in 2022. Read more
Grand Island resolution flops as a new lawsuit over health commissioner overtime payments arises
GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. — Before leaving office former Erie County Comptroller Stefan Mychajliw once again brought up the overtime payments that county health commissioner Gale Burstein earned during the pandemic, drawing the ire of county executive Mark Poloncarz.
"It's false. It's a lie. It's B.S.It doesn't pass the smell test," Poloncarz said at a press briefing last week.
Back to the future: Obama-era labor policies to return in 2022 | Reuters
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A rideshare driver is reflected in a car window during a statewide day of action to demand that ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft follow California law and grant drivers "basic employee rights'', in Los Angeles, California, U.S., August 20, 2020. REUTERS/Mike Blake
(Reuters) - The Trump administration nixed many labor and employment policies adopted under former President Barack Obama, including regulations on worker classification, overtime pay and disclosure of compensation data.
Per Maine law, minimum wage increases by $0.60 in 2022
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AUGUSTA, Maine (WABI) - As of January 1st, Maine's minimum wage increased from $12.15 to $12.75 an hour.
"Because of demand and the scarcity of employees, most of our members are paying well over that minimum wage, even the new minimum wage," said Kimberly N. Lindlof, president & CEO of the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce.
Conditional overtime class certified | Virginia Lawyers Weekly
It's Time to Embrace Slow Productivity | The New Yorker
For knowledge workers, the biggest sign that the status quo is broken is the rise in self-reported burnout. This past summer, McKinsey and Lean In collaborated on a survey of more than sixty-five thousand North American employees, primarily from knowledge-sector jobs.
In the years immediately following the publication of "In Praise of Slowness," the Slow Work movement struggled in the U.S. There seems to be an intrinsic mismatch between American hustle culture and a call to work less.
4 Wage And Hour Regulations To Watch In 2022 - Law360
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