overtime pay laws

• Hotels Probed for Compliance with Pay Rules

Western Pennsylvania's hotel and motel industry is being investigated by a federal agency on whether it is complying with minimum wage and overtime pay laws, as well as recordkeeping and child labor laws, the Department of Labor said Monday. The initiative by the Labor Department's wage and hour division in Pittsburgh is aimed at getting the industry to comply with regulations governing employment and pay "to ensure employees are protected and compensated in accordance with the law," the agency said.

• Tribune - Review / Pittsburgh Tribune - Review
• November 24, 2009

• Manchester: Citizens Bank assistant branch managers in New Hampshire and eight other states are being asked to join a lawsuit alleging the bank broke federal labor laws by misrepresenting their duties and failing to pay overtime.

Manchester: Citizens Bank assistant branch managers in New Hampshire and eight other states are being asked to join a lawsuit alleging the bank broke ...

• New Hampshire Business Review
• November 05, 2010

• State &Amp; Federal Appeals Courts Rule On Class Arbitration Waivers

The California Supreme Court held on Aug 31, 2007, that waivers of classwide proceedings in employment arbitration agreements should not be enforced if, after considering certain factors, they undercut the statutory rights of workers to bring overtime claims. Robert Gentry v. Superior Court (165 P.3d 556) involved a claim for overtime pay under Labor Code Section 510, which guarantees such pay to non-managerial workers, and Section 1194, which provides a private right of action to enforce violations of overtime pay laws. On Jul 12, 2007, the Washington Supreme Court ruled that Cingular Wireless could not enforce a waiver of classwide proceedings in its arbitration agreement with customers because the provision was unconscionable. Finally, the court ruled that the Federal Arbitration Act...

• Dispute Resolution Journal
• Vol. 62 Nbr. 3, August 2007

• Morgan Stanley Sued Anew

A financial adviser who formerly worked for Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC has accused the company of failing to pay overtime in violation of federal and state labor laws. The lawsuit, filed May 31 by Nick Pontilena in U.S. District Court in New Jersey, is the latest of several similar suits filed recently against the Wall Street giant over similar allegations.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• June 07, 2011

• Rules Unclear On Pay for Rns ; Possibility of Loss of Overtime Concerns Some

When Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao testified before Congress this year about changes in overtime pay laws, Terri Roberts followed her testimony online for news about how the law could affect nurses. Roberts, executive director of the Kansas State Nurses Association, was concerned registered nurses could lose their right to receive time-and-a-half pay for every hour over 40 hours they worked in a week.

• The Topeka Capital-Journal
• September 02, 2004

• PACIFIC MERCHANT SHIPPING ASSO V. JAMES GOLDSTENE, (9th Cir. 2011)

... allowing the state to adopt a wide range of laws in order to protect the health, safety, and welfar... prevent the enforcement of the state's overtime pay laws with respect to employees providing off-s...

• Federal Circuits

• Ca Labor Commissioner Wins Historic Settlement for Better Treatment of Janitors

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- State Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet won an historic settlement in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Monday with a janitorial service company that mandates the company follow new rules when it comes to its employees and subcontractors. Complaints from employees led to an investigation by the Department of Industrial Relations' (DIR) Division of Labor Standards Enforcement which found that Corporate Building Services violated Labor Code Section 2810 by not paying numerous subcontractors enough to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. As a result, the subcontractors failed to pay overtime wages and misclassified over 100 janitors as independent contractors which deprived them of contributions for social security, disabili...

• U.S. Newswire
• September 01, 2010

• Employment-related crimes.

Ninth Survey of White Collar Crime Criminal sanctions against employers are available under the Occupation Safety and Health Act (OSHA), the Federal Mining Safety and Health Act and the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) as well as state criminal statutes. OSHA requires that employers provide employees with a hazard-free workplace, and criminal provisions are applicable when an employer's willful violation causes the death of an employee. The FSLA governs minimum wages, work records, overtime pay and discrimination in pay based on gender, and willful violation of these laws can result in criminal sanctions.

• American Criminal Law Review
• Vol. 31 Nbr. 3, March 1994

• 48 CFR 622.302 - Liquidated damages and overtime pay.

...PART 622: APPLICATION OF LABOR LAWS TO GOVERNMENT ACQUISITIONS. Subpart 622.3: Contrac...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 48: Federal Acquisition Regulations System

• California wage laws may apply to non-resident workers: labor: Supreme Court ruling found wage and hour rules extend to visiting workers.

... all of its instructors exempt from overtime pay laws. The company changed this practice once i...

• San Fernando Valley Business Journal
• August 01, 2011