Wages and Hours
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New York City Fast-Food Workers Strike to Protest Wage Rates
Workers formed picket lines outside some New York City fast-food eateries to protest their wages and hours as part of a unionization campaign.
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'Time-Off Plans': An Alternative to Comp Time
'Time-off plans' may be an efficient and economic way to manage employee pay. But how does an employer ensure a plan complies with the Fair Labor Standards Act?
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Chicago Car Wash Workers Report Getting Less Than Minimum Wage: Report
Three quarters of respondents to a recent survey said they earned below the minimum wage of $8.25 per hour, and less than 2 percent were paid the legal rate for overtime. The average pay was $6.
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Turkey Processing Company Must Pay $1.3 Million to Disabled Workers for 'Severely Substandard' Wages
On Sept. 18, Judge Charles R. Wolfe of federal district court for the southern district of Iowa in Davenport ordered Hill Country to pay $1.
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Report: Wage-and-Hour Suits Hit Record Number
The claims forming the bulk of these numbers include: misclassification of employees, alleged uncompensated 'work' performed off the clock and miscalculation of overtime pay for nonexempt workers.
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Ford Seeks to Close $15-an-hour Canada Labor Gap With U.S.
Ford, which lists 7,400 employees at five plants in Canada on its website, pays $79 an hour for wages and benefits to its hourly workers in the country, said the official, who asked not to be identified because negotiations with the union are private.
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Waste Workers' Wages Reduced in Scranton, Pennsylvania
Mayor Chris Doherty reduced the entire city's payroll to $7.25 an hour, including his own, the Times-Tribune of Scranton reported.
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The Midnight Shift Returns as Automakers Boost Output
By the start of 2013, 22 of the 83 assembly plants in North America will operate with three shifts of workers, and nearly half of all vehicles built here will come from a three-shift plant.
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Wal-Mart to Pay $4.8M in Back Wages for Fair Labor Standards Act Violations
The Labor Department said under terms of the settlement, Wal-Mart has agreed to pay all back wages the department determined are owed for violations in addition to paying liquidated damages to the employees and a penalty to the department.
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Lawsuits Put the Spotlight on Hiring of Interns
High-profile media outlets are targeted by class-action lawsuits as questions of pay and hours draw attention.
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To Email or Not to Email?
Limiting an employee's digital access can decrease an employer's legal liability, attorney Jennifer F. DiMarco writes.
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Employers Struggle to Control Wage-and-Hour Litigation
Employers can minimize the chances of litigation by taking steps that include periodic audits to determine whether employees are being properly classified, as well as careful record-keeping.
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Staffing Firm to Pay $148,000 in Pregnancy Suit
The lawsuit alleged HCS owner Charles Sisson discriminated against Roxy Leger, the company's bookkeeper, when he made offensive comments about her pregnancy and fired her because she needed to take maternity leave following the birth of her son, according to the EEOC.
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Study: Wage Bill Would Benefit 1M New Yorkers
The study found that 880,100 New York employees earn less than $8.50 an hour. About 352,000 of those are in New York City, about 40 percent of the state total. In the city, 92 percent of those workers are at least 20 years of age.
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State Law Favored Over Feds in Overtime Case
When involved in overtime claims based in state law, employers must initially review applicable state statutes and regulations before relying on federal tests, especially when in California.
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Novartis Agrees to $99M Settlement in Sales Rep Wage Dispute
The $99 million settlement resolves the wage-and-hour claims brought in 2006, as well as additional wage-and-hour claims covering a more recent time period, according to the joint announcement by Novartis and Sanford Wittels.
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Average Tech Pay in Silicon Valley Tops $100,000
For the U.S. as a whole, technology workers reported their average annual wage rose to $81,327 in 2011 from $79,384 in 2010, according to a survey by Dice.
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Grads Snag Highest Wages Among Securities Firms
Securities employers paid grads an average starting salary of $58,571. Overall, they provided 42,000 jobs to the Class of 2011.
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Class of 2011 Salaries Rise 2.3%
The average starting salary for those with bachelor’s degrees in the class of 2011 was $41,701, up 2.3 percent from the class of 2010, according to the winter 2012 Salary Survey report published by the National Association of Colleges and Employers.
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Financial Rewards of International Operations Comes With Potential Employment Costs
The hiring and firing of employees at will, setting working hours, requiring employees to agree to noncompete agreements and even deciding whether to offer health care, vacation or maternity benefits are areas in which American employers enjoy a great deal of latitude, with relatively little...
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Lady Gaga's Ex-Personal Assistant Sues Pop Star for Overtime Pay
Jennifer L. O'Neill said her annual salary was $75,000, but she was not paid overtime for working more than 40 hours a week. She said she was on duty 24 hours a day.
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Data Bank Focus: Income Disparity
Occupy Wall Street and other demonstrations against corporate America may be haphazardly organized and lack cogency, but a look at the growing income disparity in the country suggests why protesters are so angry. U.S.
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Former Press Box Hostess Sues Indianapolis Colts Over Pay, Work Hours
According to court documents, the woman is seeking class-action status that would include other unnamed hostesses, in part because ‘some, if not most, of the individual group members may not be aware of their rights to wages under federal and Indiana law, or may not, because of financial...
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Grads' Average Salary Offer Tops $51,000: Survey
Graduates earning business degrees saw their overall average salary rise 4.6 percent in 2011 to $48,805 from the September 2010 average of $46,672.
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Ford to Add, Retain 12,000 Jobs With New UAW Agreement
The automaker plans to insource manufacturing work from Mexico, Japan and China. The 12,000 new or retained jobs include 5,000 previously announced positions, Ford said.
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UAW Says GM Workers Ratify Labor Contract By 2-to-1 Margin
Under the pact, the automaker's 48,000 hourly workers have traded the promise of generous pay and benefits for job security and compensation gains that are more closely tied to the automaker's health, profitability and quality advances.
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Groupon Sued Over Unpaid Overtime
The suit says the Chicago-based daily-deal company didn't pay sales employees overtime, violating wage laws, or didn't pay them enough.
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Allstate Agents Group OKs Link With AFL-CIO Union
That status wouldn’t give the group collective bargaining rights with Northbrook, Illinois-based Allstate Corp., which classifies its 12,000 agents as independent contractors.
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Quicken Verdict Gives Employers Hope on Overtime
In a case that began in 2004, the jury in the U.S. District Court in Detroit dashed the hopes of 359 former loan officers by finding that Quicken did not misclassify them as “administrative” employees exempt from overtime compensation.
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Living Wage Backers Storm City Hall in New York
The bill, which would compel employers at projects that receive $100,000 or more in city subsidies to pay workers $10 an hour plus benefits or $11.50 without benefits, was expected to draw passionate testimony from supporters and opponents.
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Living Wage Opponents in N.Y. Ready to Tell Their Side
After a long silence, small-business owners, real estate developers and others form a broad coalition to fight the proposed bill to mandate living wages; education and PR campaigns are planned.
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Chambers in New York Target Living Wage Bill
Alliance of groups to fight City Council bill that would require tenants of city-subsidized developments to pay workers more than minimum wage.
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Appeals Court Ruling on OT Pay to Sales Reps Stands
The 2nd Circuit Court’s July 2010 ruling stands because the Supreme Court decided not to hear the case. It affects about 2,500 current and former sales representatives employed by Novartis who are suing for unpaid overtime.
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Employment Practice Audits The Seven Most Common and Often Costly Mistakes
Proactive HR departments can also use audits to assess the potential impact certain business decisions may have on protected class members. Making sure to conduct an effective audit is crucial.
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Reporters Not Exempt From FLSA Overtime Requirements
Employers should carefully review overtime pay exemptions found in the federal and state overtime laws because incorrect classifications may result in substantial liability not only under those laws, but also under related state laws involving unlawful business acts or practices.
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New York Labor Department Says Shuttered Hospital Owes Workers $50 Million
State agency is going after St. Vincent’s Hospital for abruptly closing without giving enough notice to staff; hospital lawyers warn claim could ‘derail’ bankruptcy plans.
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FedEx to Pay $2.3 Million Over Independent Contractors
The settlement follows a yearlong investigation by Montana that found FedEx Ground drivers are employees, not independent contractors, and that FedEx owed unemployment taxes, penalties and interest, according to the attorney general’s office.
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A Bittersweet Win for Former N.Y. Bakery Workers
National Labor Relations Board affirms legal ruling that now-shuttered bakery’s owners didn’t play fair with union when seeking wage concessions that led to lengthy strike. Millions in back pay at stake.
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The New Order at the Labor Department
Commentary: The Labor Department has recently announced major new initiatives that suggest it is more interested in catching noncompliant employers than helping employers to comply with labor regulations.
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Clocking CityTime, the Craziest Contract Ever
New York City timekeeping system is a dozen years late, 10 times pricier and not even half-finished.
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Why Employers Should Expand Management Training
'Common-law' claims can prove every bit as problematic—and costly—as statutory discrimination claims, so employers should incorporate training in these general areas of the law into their overall management training program.
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Bill Proposes Wage Floor on New York City Projects
New York borough politicians are pushing 'living wage' legislation to guarantee wages of at least $10 an hour plus benefits for jobs created at any city-subsidized projects.
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Internship Programs Face Increased Regulatory Scrutiny
The Department of Labor has issued a fact sheet reminding employers that interns must be paid in accordance with federal law, unless the strict requirements of a six-part federal test are satisfied.
