Wage & Hour Compliance Report Gaps In ELT Study
Wage and Hour compliace still plays a major factor in workplace violation. While 60 percent of respondents in another ELT survey reported providing extensive harassment and discrimination training to their workforces, employers are surprised to learn that there are now more wage and hour class action lawsuits than class actions arising from all other forms of discrimination, combined. However, less than a quarter of respondents reported providing 00004000 any kind of wage and hour training to their employees.
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After Years of Cutbacks, Labor Department to Add Hundreds of Wage Inspectors Nationwide
Bob Blank’s frustration is evident when he talks about an inspection of his Okanogan County farm by U.S. Department of Labor wage inspectors.
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R. Kelly Paid Employee Less Than Minimum Wage
A man who worked for R & B singer R. Kelly for more than two years claims he was paid approximately $4.50 an hour by the Chicago native, even during a period of time when he worked more than 100 hours in a week — a violation of federal and state minimum wage laws.
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http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1732147,w-suit-r-kelly-minimum-wage-employees-082409.article
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Minimum Wage Is Likely to Rise in 2010 in Some States
Minimum-wage workers in Oregon began 2009 with a bump of 45 cents per hour, but those still employed at the end of a year of widespread job losses aren’t likely to see an increase for 2010.
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http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20090823/NEWS/908230331/1001/news
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California Courts Allows Kitchen Staff to Participate In a Tip Pool
Contradicting California law which prohibits the following employees from partcipating in a mandatory tip pool program, i.e. ”employees who do not provide direct table service and who do not share in the tip pool include dishwashers, cooks, and chefs, except in restaurants where the chefs prepare the food at the patron’s table”.
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Division of Labor Standard Enforment Opinion Letter re: Reducing Salary and Workdays
The California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement agreed that temporarily reducing an exempt salaried employee’s workweek to 4 days did not violate the salary basis test. The employer was free to proportionally reduce the employee’s salary.
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http://shawvalenza.blogspot.com/2009/08/dlse-opinion-letter-re-reducing-salary.html
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Colorado Minimum Wage Could Decline in 2010
Last week, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projected that Colorado’s cost of living dropped 0.6 percent from July 2008 to July 2009, which was attributed to declining fuel prices. Therefore, Colorado’s minimum wage of $7.28 an hour might drop in January, although it would not go below the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.
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http://www.nacsonline.com/NACS/News/Daily/Pages/ND0824092.aspx
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Back Overtime Wages for Arkansas Wildlife Officers
Some Arkansas wildlife officers have money coming to them from the state after settlement of a labor dispute.
The Arkansas, Game and Fish Commission has agreed to pay $132,154 in back overtime wages after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division.
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http://arkansasmatters.com/content/news/fulltext?cid=248262
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Labor Department to Increase Inspection Force On Wage & Hour Claims
The staffing bump will include 150 new investigators for the Wage and Hour Division, the agency responsible for investigating employers who employ children, fail to pay proper wages, and violate other fair labor laws; 100 staffers to monitor contracts paid for by economic stimulus funds; and “75 staffers to conduct nearly 600 more criminal and civil investigations” at the Employee Benefits Security Administration, according to the Journal.
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http://www.ombwatch.org/node/10333
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Colorado May Lower Minimum Wage
In Colorado, those making minimum wage face a pay cut next year. Their counterparts in Vermont will be spared.
Both states tie their minimum wage to the cost of living, and Colorado has come upon an unusual development — the cost of living has gone down.
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