Big Employer Concern Employee Breaks
Breaks and Rest periods should be a concern in the workplace. Employee breaks will be a problem for the workplace. Under state law, employees working an eight-hour shift are guaranteed two fifteen-minute paid breaks and a thirty-minute unpaid lunch break. Since the employer’s payroll system would probably deduct thirty minutes for lunch, if a worker skips lunch and keeps working, an employee is working without pay during that time.
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Northern District Courts Orders Marc’s to Pay $426,000 In Overtime
Overtime violation are still affecting companies. The United States Northern District of Ohio Court in Cleveland on Tuesday ruled that Marc’s, along with its Connecticut offshoot, Xpect Discounts, must pay workers a combined $426,504 in unpaid overtime wages.
Read the full article linked below.
http://www.news-herald.com/articles/2009/12/02/news/nh1772745.txt
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Human Capital Management
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Pizzeria Sued For Wage, Overtime Violations
Owners Gaetano Pinello and Grace Pinello of Martino’s Pizzeria, which operates Mama’s, are being sued for possible violations of the minimum wage, overtime and record-keeping provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, the Labor Department announced Wednesday.
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http://libn.com/blog/2009/08/27/pizzeria-sued-for-wage-overtime-violations/
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Suits Claim Businesses Failed to Pay Overtime, Filed by Attorneys
A group of attorneys is going after two Nevada employers, charging they failed to pay required overtime to workers allegedly misclassified as managers.
You can read the full article linked below.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/aug/19/suits-claim-businesses-failed-pay-overpaid/
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Non Payment of Overtime or Wages
Under the Fair Labor Standards Act (”the FLSA”) non-exempt employees are entitled to time-and-a-half compensation, and the FLSA makes it illegal for an employer to withhold overtime pay from a non-exempt employee who works over 40 hours in a workweek. This means that any overtime worked in a particular workweek must be paid on the pay day covering the same pay period in which the overtime hours were worked.
Read the full article below.
http://employmentlawgroup.net/PracticeAreas/Non-Payment-of-Wages.asp
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Lawsuit Aimed at T-Mobile Overtime
The lawsuit is designed to include people who are or were employed by T-Mobile as retail sales associates and supervisors who were not paid regular wages for all hours worked or overtime wages for hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week.
Read the full article linked below.
http://www.wirelessweek.com/News-Lawsuit-Aimed-at-TMobile-Overtime-071709.aspx
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1-888-884-3910
Are Employees Entitled to Overtime and Breaks?
In the struggling California economy, many workers are feeling the pressures of reduced hours, stagnant wages and limited job opportunities. In an effort to cope with the new economic realities, employers, also, find themselves taking measures to save money and reduce their bottom line. In many industries, employers are requiring employees to take mandatory pay cuts or take several days of unpaid furlough time, all to reduce costs.
Read the full article linked below.
http://knowledgebase.findlaw.com/kb/2009/Jul/1292063_1.html
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