Lending institutions, banks, mortgage banks and mortgage brokers have been targeted by aggressive lawyers hoping to leverage the complaints of one disgruntled former mortgage loan officer into a nationwide wage-and-hour collective action, to recover hundreds of thousands of dollars, if not millions, in legal fees. The claim raised is simple-that...
Five commonly owned and operated construction companies in Westchester and the Hudson Valley have agreed to pay 55 employees more than $126,000 in back wages and interest to resolve a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Labor for allegedly violating the federal Fair Labor Standards Act FISA. Lema Industries...
She's well compensated. He's a manager. They're all on salary. These are some of the common reasons employers give to explain why they do not pay their employees overtime. But in many cases these reasons are not legally valid. That's something business owners have been learning the hard way....
HOUSTON, Aug. 30 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor DOL has sued Benitez Drywall LLC, a Houston-based drywall company, and its owners for alleged violations of the overtime and recordkeeping provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA. The complaint was filed in U. S. District...
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Aug. 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that Q.C. Financial Inc., a payday loan establishment that operates under the name of Quick Cash, has paid $519,088 in back wages to 900 employees to correct violations of the overtime provisions of the Fair...
On Aug. 23, 2004, new and revised regulations regarding the Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA went into effect. Lending institutions, banks, mortgage banks and mortgage brokers (collectively, "banks") hoped that these new revised regulations would make clear that mortgage loan officers were exempt employees, and not entitled to overtime. [??]...
There is a minimum wage and overtime battle raging before the nation's courts. On one side, the Department of Labor and senior care companies; on the other, home care employees hired by those companies to provide companionship and domestic services to seniors in their homes ...
Employees Get Paid for Off-Duty "Overtime" Even If CBA Says Otherwise In Bull v. United States, (783) canine enforcement officers of the Customs Service sought to be paid for off-duty work that the Customs Service allegedly suffered or permitted them to perform. These tasks included laundering towels related to...
Four Pikes Peak region school districts failed to pay employees hundreds of thousands in overtime wages, a U.S. Department of Labor investigation has found. Four other districts are under investigation for possible labor violations. Academy School District 20, Falcon School District 49, Lewis- Palmer School District 38...
WILMINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Labor ruled New Hanover Regional Medical Center failed to pay about 3,400 employees adequate overtime pay and ordered the hospital to cough up a $1.3 million remedy. Investigators said the hospital sometimes didn't pay workers for time on the job...
On Aug. 23, 2004, the U.S. Department of Labor DOL released the Fair Pay Overtime Security for the 21st Century Workforce revised regulations. The updated rules replaced ones that were 50 years old. The final rules clarify the definitions of bona fide exempt employees under the executive, administrative, professional outside...
Employers hire students or parttimers for the summer with the best intentions - and too often the worst of results. Whether it's a mom-and-pop shop, sole proprietorship or corporation, failure to understand IRS and Labor Department laws can land even the best-intentioned owner in very hot water.The American Institute of...
LOS ANGELES -- On May 18, 2005, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued a landmark decision that establishes that automobile dealer finance and insurance managers are exempt from overtime under Section 7i of the federal wage and hour law Fair Labor Standards Act. Rob Bekken, partner in the labor...
Whether a business is conducting temporary hiring for its busy season or planning ahead for recruitment and retention strategies for next year, employers need to be aware of how they are affected by the U.S. Department of Labor's new overtime regulations. Many employers become a bit confused by laws...
[2004] All rights reserved including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form. On Monday, August 23, 2004 the New Overtime Regulations became effective. For most paralegals this historic day passed with no noticeable changes in how paralegal hours are managed...
THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS DEFINING WHEN A WHITE-collar employee does not need to receive overtime pay have remained mostly unchanged for more than 50 years. Recognizing that many of the provisions of those regulations have become outmoded in the setting of the 21st-century work force, the U.S. Department of Labor has...
On August 23, 2004, the U.S. Department of Labor issued new regulations for determining when "white collar" employees may be treated as "exempt" from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act FLSA of 1938. Two of the most far-reaching provisions of...
By Matt Wickenheiser, Portland Press Herald, Maine Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 7--AUGUSTA, Maine -- New state overtime rules either protect workers' rights or burden businesses in Maine, depending on your point of view. The conflicting viewpoints were expressed Wednesday...
WHO'S ELIGIBLE FOR OVERtime? Under new Department of Labor DOL rules that took effect in August, employees earning more than $100,000 a year in executive, administrative and professional jobs will no longer be eligible; workers earning less than $23,660 a year will. Backers say the rules will lead to...
New regulations regarding overtime pay went into effect in August, amid much controversy and debate. Affecting mostly white-collar employees, these regulations were promoted as an attempt by the Department of Labor DoL to make the rules clearer, simpler, easier to enforce and more reflective of today's job duties, pay rates...
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